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Analysis Of The Infamous Watergate Scandal

      "The   Watergate Complex is a series of modern buildings with
balconies that looks like filed down Shark's Teeth" (Gold, 1).  
Located on the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. it contains many
hotel rooms and offices.   What happened in the complex on June 17,
1972 early in the morning became a very historical event for our
nation that no one will ever forget.
      The "Watergate Scandal" and constitutional crisis that began on
June 17, 1972 with the arrest of five burglars who broke into the
Democratic National Committee (DMC) headquarters at the Watergate
office building in Washington D.C.   It ended with the registration of
President Richard M. Nixon on August 9, 1974. (Watergate)
      At approximately 2:30 in the morning of June 17, 1972 five men
were arrested at the Watergate Complex.   The police seized a walkie
talkie, 40 rolls of unexposed film, two 35 millimeter cameras, lock
picks, pensized teargas guns, and bugging devices. (Gold, 75)
      These five men and two co-plotters were indicated in September
1972 on charges of burglary, conspiracy and wire tapping.   Four months
later they were convicted and sentenced to prison terms by District
Court Judge John J.   Sercia was convinced that relevant details had
not been unveiled during the trial and offered leniency in exchanged
for further information.   As it became increasingly evident that the
Watergate burglars were tied closely to the Central Intelligence
Agency and the Committee to re-elect the president. (Watergate)
Four of these men, that were arrested on the morning of June 17, 1972,
came from Miami, Florida.   They were Bernard L. Barker, Frank A.
Sturgis, Virgillio R. Gonzalez, and Eugenio R. Martinez.   The other
man was from Rockville, Maryland named James W. McCord, Jr.   The two
co-plotters were G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt. (Watergate)
      The senate established and investigative committee headed by
Senate Sam Ervin, Jr., to look...