Nixon Resigns: 40 Years On

As the 40th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s resignation approaches, you may think we have learned all there is to know about Watergate. But a key member of Nixon’s White House would disagree. John Dean says he now understands more about Watergate than when he played a central role in the scandal and its resolution. (The Diane Rehm Show, WAMU, 7/28/2014)

Forty years ago Sunday, then-President Richard Nixon first uttered the now infamous phrase, "I am not a crook." Nixon made the declaration during a press conference in Orlando, Fla., amid charges related to the Watergate break-in and subsequent scandal. (All Things Considered, NPR, 11/17/2013)

It's four decades since a bungled burglary in the Democratic Party's headquarters in Washington. An investigation by the Washington Post newspaper culminated in Congressional hearings and the resignation of the president Richard Nixon. Reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein have reunited to talk about the scandal. (The World Today, ABC, 6/12/2012)

Forty years ago this month Nixon’s top White House staffers, HR Haldeman and John Ehrlichman resigned over the Watergate Scandal. (Talk of Iowa, Iowa Public Radio, 4/2/2013)

35 years ago, five men were caught breaking into the Watergate Hotel. The burglary would give Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein the story of a lifetime, and help change the role of the press. Alicia Shepard, author of a new book on Watergate, discusses the fact & fiction of "Woodstein." (On The Media, WNYC, 6/15/2007)