Question

Read more about the Watergate Investigation by the Washington Post, and then look through the Watergate files of the Ford Presidential
Library.
Both websites have extensive materlals to let you sharpen your understanding of the Watergate scandal and Its Implications, so your first job is to
explore both sites to make sure you have a good grasp of the details of Watergate.
Both websites carry short biographies of people important to the Watergate story. Browse the People and Key Players sections of each site and
pick two people whose actions and storles Interest you. Use the information about them to answer the next question.
Explain in a short essay of two to three paragraphs how the life and actions of the two figures you have chosen Illuminate Important aspects of
the Watergate scandal.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Answers will vary. You might have chosen individuals like Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, or John Dean and Mark “Deep Throat” Felt, or John Ehrlichman and G. Gordon Liddy. Woodward and Bernstein could represent the role of investigative journalism in acting as a check on government power. Dean and Felt could represent the role of people with integrity within the government exposing the misdeeds of others. Ehrlichman and Liddy could represent the abuse of power of those empowered by an administration with misguided ethics.

Explanation:

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