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Thursday, May 25, 2006

What did the President know and when did he know it?

When we were watching the Nixon video on Watergate, I was wondering, do you think Nixon really did it? The problem is, is that there is enough evidence for both yes and no (even though to me Nixon knew).

For yes, you could say that the “plumbers” were sent by Nixon’s administration, how could he have no known?

For no, Nixon’s campaign people could have taken a step further than Nixon wanted and acted without his knowledge. What do you think? Do you think Nixon knew what was going on or that he had no idea?

Dan

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I think Nixon probably knew what was going on, but that's just from what we've seen and read. I mean I doubt he really said "okay go break into the dems offices" and that he knew all of the dirty details, but I'll bet he knew for the most part what was happening. It's hard to suddenly have all this private information without suspecting where it came from. I guess you could say he's guilty by association because the plumbers were his boys, but then again I think that guilty by association is a stupid law anyways.