The inadequate term Watergate has come to encompass all the wrongdoing of which Richard Nixon and other members of his Administration stand accusedand in many cases convictedincluding the politicization of federal agencies, misuse of federal funds for private purposes, attempted bribery by milk producers, misprision of felony, subornation of perjury, obstruction of justice. This catalogue of crimes and misdeeds did not begin with the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters, but were it not for that bungled burglary and the subsequent coverup, most or all of the offenses might have gone...
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