With Wisdom of Watergate
The Senate Watergate Committee was a special committee convened by the United States Senate to investigate the Watergate scandal after it was learned that in 1972, the Watergate burglars had been directed to break into and wiretap the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) by the Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP), President Richard Nixon's re-election campaign fund raising organization. The formal, official name of the committee was the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities. The committee are questioned on the effects of the hearings. John Dean, Former Council to the President. Committtee; Sam Ervin, Chairman North Carolina Daniel Inouye Hawaii Joseph Montoya New Mexico Herman Talmadge Georgia Howard Baker, Ranking Member Tennessee Edward Gurney Florida Lowell P. Weicker Jr. Connecticut
Report on the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, a committee inquiring into the Watergate break in scandal in the USA.
Primary Title
- With Wisdom of Watergate
Date Broadcast
- August 1973
Duration
- 30:18
Programme Description
- Report on the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, a committee inquiring into the Watergate break in scandal in the USA.
Episode Description
- The Senate Watergate Committee was a special committee convened by the United States Senate to investigate the Watergate scandal after it was learned that in 1972, the Watergate burglars had been directed to break into and wiretap the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) by the Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP), President Richard Nixon's re-election campaign fund raising organization. The formal, official name of the committee was the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities. The committee are questioned on the effects of the hearings. John Dean, Former Council to the President. Committtee; Sam Ervin, Chairman North Carolina Daniel Inouye Hawaii Joseph Montoya New Mexico Herman Talmadge Georgia Howard Baker, Ranking Member Tennessee Edward Gurney Florida Lowell P. Weicker Jr. Connecticut
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Radio
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
- Politics
Contributors
- John Dean (Speaker)
- Joseph Montoya (Speaker)
- Daniel Inouye (Speaker)
- Howard Baker (Speaker)
- Sam Ervin (Speaker)
- Herman Talmadge (Speaker)
- Edward Gurney (Speaker)
- Lowell P. Weicker (Speaker)