Richard Nixon
Insults Fly on Nixon Tapes
Former US president Richard Nixon called then-Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi an "old witch" and Indians a "slippery treacherous people", according to recently released transcripts of Oval Office tapes.
I Was Deep Throat, Says Top Fbi Man
One of the most enduring mysteries of the 20th century was finally solved yesterday with the unmasking of Deep Throat, the legendary source who leaked the secrets of the Watergate scandal and helped bring down President Richard Nixon.
Bush Needs to Change the Subject
The party that Nixon built has become one of rote instincts. The drama of Richard Nixon's resignation 30 years ago this month has long overshadowed his political achievement.
Nixon's Watergate Tormentor Dies at 92
Archibald Cox, the prosecutor whose investigation into the Watergate affair ultimately led to the resignation of Richard Nixon, died on Saturday. He was 92. Cox has been widely praised by historians for his backbone while under immense political pressure as he pursued the truth behind the...
Nixon Was Too Drunk to Speak to Heath
In October 1973, when the Arab-Israeli war threatened to erupt into a cold war confrontation, Richard Nixon was too drunk to take a call from Edward Heath, according to telephone transcripts cleared for release yesterday. The awkward manoeuvring to conceal the president's indisposition...
Nixon ordered Watergate, jailed former aide says
President Richard Nixon personally ordered the Watergate break-in of the Democratic party headquarters, according to a senior aide who was jailed for his part in the affair.
Obituary: Ron Ziegler
Nixon's loyal mouthpiece during Watergate. During his career as US President Richard Nixon's press secretary, Ron Ziegler, who has died after a heart attack aged 63, delivered thousands of White House statements.
New claim of Deep Throat's identity
One of the most mysterious figures in American political history may finally have been revealed yesterday when Mark Felt, a former assistant director of the FBI, was named in print as Deep Throat, the anonymous source whose Delphic encouragement to two young Washington Post reporters helped crack the Watergate scandal and bring down President Richard Nixon.
Bitter Nixon family feud over legacy
Daughters of disgraced US President go to court in row over $12m bequest. When Richard Nixon was forced to resign from the US presidency in 1974 over the Watergate affair, it was his family who closed ranks around him and helped him survive his disgrace.
The party that Nixon built has become one of rote instincts. The drama of Richard Nixon's resignation 30 years ago this month has long overshadowed his political achievement.
Nixon's Watergate Tormentor Dies at 92
Archibald Cox, the prosecutor whose investigation into the Watergate affair ultimately led to the resignation of Richard Nixon, died on Saturday. He was 92. Cox has been widely praised by historians for his backbone while under immense political pressure as he pursued the truth behind the...
Nixon Was Too Drunk to Speak to Heath
In October 1973, when the Arab-Israeli war threatened to erupt into a cold war confrontation, Richard Nixon was too drunk to take a call from Edward Heath, according to telephone transcripts cleared for release yesterday. The awkward manoeuvring to conceal the president's indisposition...
Nixon ordered Watergate, jailed former aide says
President Richard Nixon personally ordered the Watergate break-in of the Democratic party headquarters, according to a senior aide who was jailed for his part in the affair.
Obituary: Ron Ziegler
Nixon's loyal mouthpiece during Watergate. During his career as US President Richard Nixon's press secretary, Ron Ziegler, who has died after a heart attack aged 63, delivered thousands of White House statements.
New claim of Deep Throat's identity
One of the most mysterious figures in American political history may finally have been revealed yesterday when Mark Felt, a former assistant director of the FBI, was named in print as Deep Throat, the anonymous source whose Delphic encouragement to two young Washington Post reporters helped crack the Watergate scandal and bring down President Richard Nixon.
Bitter Nixon family feud over legacy
Daughters of disgraced US President go to court in row over $12m bequest. When Richard Nixon was forced to resign from the US presidency in 1974 over the Watergate affair, it was his family who closed ranks around him and helped him survive his disgrace.