Watergate evidence: secret Chapstick microphones! .U.S. v. Liddy Exbt 133: Bell & Howell Model H-10C Microphones in Chap Sticks, NARA ID 304967.
Watergate evidence: U.S. v. Liddy Exhibit 1: View of the Watergate 6/1972. NARA ID 304965.
#OTD 1972: WATERGATE BREAK-IN Watergate records now online! By Miriam Kleiman, Public Affairs
"I hereby resign the Office of President of the United States." --Richard M. Nixon, August 9, 1974 #OTD (OK, night) 1972, 5 burglars broke into the DNC offices at DC's Watergate office complex. The subsequent 2-year investigation exposed a trail of abuses that led to the highest levels of the Nixon administration and ultimately to the President himself. Nixon resigned from office under threat of impeachment on August 9, 1974.
Watergate evidence now online! Of course the National Archives holds Watergate records - the lock picks, screwdrivers and plastic gloves, the tapes, the Watergate #214 room key, Chap Stick microphones, Barker’s address book, the security log, and literally millions of pages of the Watergate Special Prosecution Force, and many of these records are now online for the first time! U.S. v. Liddy Trial Records and Government Exhibits. See the National Archives News story: Watergate Trial Records Digitized Ahead of Scandal’s 50th Anniversary.
Watergate evidence: U.S. v. Liddy Exbt 57: Lock Picks. NARA ID 245243580. 50th Anniversary event: Watergate: Blueprint for a Scandal John Dean joined us (6/1/22) for a special screening of Episode One of Watergate: Blueprint for Scandal in partnership with CNN Original Series. See the post-screening discussion between Dean and CNN anchor Jim Acosta. Press release here.
Watergate evidence: Watergate Security Officer's Log Showing Entry for June 17, 1972, Records of the Watergate Special Prosecution Force, NARA ID 304970.
Watergate evidence: Exhibits 70-72 Photos of tape recorder and typewriter. Records of the Watergate Special Prosecution Force, NARA ID 7582822.
