The Watergate Scandal refers to the Nixon Administration's attempt to cover up the break in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C. This break in occurred on June 17, 1972. The purpose of the break in was to photograph various documents and install bugs (wiretapping devices) in the offices to obtain information they had no business having. The first break in was successful, but the return break in to repair their bugs was not. From there, the story gets pretty wild. I won't spoil the book for those who haven't read it or those who are unfamiliar with this whole fiasco. Eventually, there were 69 indictments handed down, with 48 convictions. A lot of those convicted were directly related to the Nixon Administration. Before reading this book, I knew that Nixon was somehow involved in this mess of shenanagins, but I wasn't really positive on what his role was.

I knew very little about this whole thing before reading this book. The book was written by two people who worked directly on the prosecution's case, and were very thorough with their facts. I gained a lot of understanding about what happened and why it was such a huge issue. It is interesting that another administration is currently getting indictments handed out like Halloween candy. It is also interesting to see how one political party behaved towards another, and that there are such similarities all of these years later. It's ridiculous that we elect people to serve us and do things that serve the common good, and instead we get petulant children that engage in criminal activities. This wasn't a bad book at all, and I am happy to have found it.