Watergate

2. The night of a major firing event in the scandal (___ Night Massacre).
4. The name of the building complex where the break-in occurred.
6. Leaked the Pentagon Papers; his psychiatrist’s office was broken into.
9. White House Counsel who testified against Nixon.
10. Anonymous informant later revealed as Mark Felt.
13. Agency that investigated the break-in and cover-up.
14. Senator who chaired the Watergate Committee.
15. Acronym for the Committee to Re-Elect the President. Pentagon – Name of the classified papers leaked by Daniel Ellsberg.
16. Nixon’s Vice President who resigned (though for unrelated charges).
17. The legislative body that held hearings on the scandal.

1. Revealed the existence of the Oval Office taping system.
3. Secret recordings made in the Oval Office.
5. Nixon was the first president to do this.
7. U.S. president who resigned due to the scandal.
8. Former Attorney General and director of CREEP.
11. Nixon’s White House Chief of Staff who resigned.
12. The attempt to conceal the administration’s involvement in the break-in.