How Did Watergate Harmful

Watergate was the down fall of President Nixon. There were several things wrong with the events that would come to be known as Watergate. The name comes from the building named Watergate. Nixon essentially hired people to break into the Watergate building and place listening devices in an opponent’s office. If this was not bad enough he also did everything he could to cover up the scandal and the things he and his administration did during this time. While Nixon did a lot of good things during his presidency Watergate is what he will always be remembered for. So, let I will start at the beginning.
First came the organization of several men that the president and his associates would call the plumbers. The plumbers per a National Geographic Film on the matter were supposed to be a solution to leaks. These leaks were coming from every organization in the White House Administration they included but were not limited to President Nixon’s own employees as well as the FBI, and even the CIA. Nixon developed a certain level of pronoia that would promote the entire
This perhaps would have saved him impeachment except his actions following these events spoke of someone that was horribly guilty. Nixon would get his hands dirty with the whole affair by trying to cover it up above and beyond what had been done with McCord. There would be several meetings with the number 2 in the FBI as well as Nixon directly asking the CIA to put a stop to the FBI investigation. Nixon stated that it was a matter of national security and they needed to get the FBI to let it go. Nixon would make a huge mistake in these dealings. Due to his paranoia mentioned earlier he recorded everything that went on in his office. This brings us to the final attempted cover up. The entire