Watergate is the term used to describe the political scandal in 1974. The word Watergate actually refers to the Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C. where burglars broke into and electronically bugged the Democratic Party’s National Committee offices on June 17, 1972. The Watergate scandal resulted in the resignation of Richard Milhous Nixon as President on August 8, 1974.
Two reporters for the Washington Post, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein investigated and reported on the developing scandal with the help of their then-anonymous source, Deep Throat. On May 31, 2005, W. Mark Felt, former deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation was identified as Deep Throat.
Watergate resulted in numerous convictions and other casualties. As a result of the Watergate scandal there were changes in campaign finance reform and a more aggressive attitude by the media.
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