Watergate

The Republicans who would've impeached Bush? The Republicans who would've impeached Bush?

Not so long ago, members of Congress put the rule of law above partisan politics and loyalty to the White House.
By Vincent Rossmeier Nov 26, 2007

  • Fred Thompson's revealing back story

    In his Watergate memoir, the would-be president is remarkably honest about his conflict as a loyal Republican confronted with his president's perfidy. Imagine such a Republican today.
    By Walter Shapiro August 23, 2007

  • Is the Bush administration ... right?

    The president's order shielding Harriet Miers from charges of contempt may seem like a power grab, but it's not a new idea. Congress just needs new tools to fight back.
    By Alex Koppelman July 23, 2007

  • Nixon knows best

    Richard Nixon continues to fascinate and repel us. On the 35th anniversary of Watergate, is it time to stop kicking Dick around and reconsider his accomplishments?
    By Allen Barra June 15, 2007

  • The Pentagon's not-so-little secret

    As the president and Republicans continue to hype the surge -- and stifle debate about it -- Bush's own war planners are preparing for failure in Iraq.
    By Sidney Blumenthal February 8, 2007

  • Ghosts of dirty tricks past

    The right-wing smear campaign against Barack Obama, with its telltale twist of linking Hillary Clinton to the attack, is classic Watergate.
    By Joe Conason January 26, 2007

  • No time to heal

    Ford's posthumous condemnation of the Iraq war shows that the struggle for the soul of the GOP begun in the Nixon years is as relevant now as ever.
    By Sidney Blumenthal January 3, 2007

  • The man who ended our Nixon nightmare

    Although ultimately an ineffective leader, Gerald Ford was the right person for the presidency in the wake of the Watergate crisis.
    By Walter Shapiro December 28, 2006

  • The Woodward coverup

    What a shock it was to learn that the man who exposed the Watergate scandal had been keeping his own big secret.
    By Sidney Blumenthal December 1, 2005

  • Woodward's disgrace

    He was once a great journalist, but his obsession with "access" turned him into a palace courtier and shill for the GOP.
    By Joe Conason November 19, 2005

  • Bush is not above the law

    Scholars missed the point of the essay I wrote with Ralph Nader about the case for impeachment.
    By Kevin Zeese June 15, 2005

  • What Deep Throat was up to

    Mark Felt fought a covert battle against Nixon's plan to create an imperial presidency. But could he have prevailed against George W. Bush, who has created a kingdom beyond even Nixon's dreams?
    By Sidney Blumenthal June 9, 2005

  • Guessing game

    The revelation of Deep Throat's identity has only created more mysteries.
    By John W. Dean June 7, 2005

  • Nixon's revenge

    The revelations about Deep Throat aren't as noteworthy as the continuing audacity of the former president's apologists.
    By Joe Conason June 3, 2005

  • Putting Deep Throat in perspective

    Leading media lights Pat Buchanan and Rush Limbaugh explain that Nixon's enemies were responsible for losing the Vietnam War, and for genocide in Cambodia.
    By Mark Follman June 2, 2005

  • Deep Throat revealed

    Daniel Ellsberg, Stanley Kutler, Sean Wilentz, Adrian Havill and David Daley weigh in on the end of the 30-year mystery.
    Compiled by Salon staff June 1, 2005

  • The curse of Bush II

    Yes, the devastation will be extreme. The good news? He'll sow his own destruction.
    By Dennis Jett November 8, 2004

  • The secret history of secrecy

    The closing of the American government.
    By John D. Podesta and Judd C. Legum March 22, 2004

  • "The plumbers are back"

    The man who sparked Watergate, Daniel Ellsberg, has deja vu watching the Bush administration try to spin the Plame leak.
    By Michelle Goldberg October 3, 2003

  • Henry Kissinger: The sequel

    Heroic statesman or war criminal? America's most legendary living foreign-policy wonk takes another stab at molding his legacy.
    By Stanley I. Kutler September 30, 2003

  • Yellowcake-gate

    What price will President Bush have to pay for his 16-word scam?
    By Arianna Huffington July 16, 2003

  • Debunking Deep Throat's debunkers

    Could the famous anonymous source have scribbled on Bob Woodward's newspaper or received signals from his balcony? A historian walks a mile in Deep Throat's shoes to settle the debate.
    By Ken Hughes July 1, 2002

  • The reel Watergate

    "All the President's Men" caught the moment in which America got wise to White House corruption -- but the more recent "Dick" captures the sheer exhilaration of unseating a president.
    By Charles Taylor June 17, 2002

  • "Unmasking Deep Throat"

    John Dean, on a decades-long quest to identify history's most elusive news source, brings new evidence to the fore in his new book.
    By Scott Rosenberg June 17, 2002

  • Restoring the imperial presidency

    The Bush administration rivals the Nixon White House when it comes to secrecy and unchecked power, with John Ashcroft as our modern-day John Mitchell.
    By Bruce Shapiro June 17, 2002
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