"1972 - 1974" . . . . "Presidents United States." . . "Watergate Affair, 1972-1974." . . "United States" . . . . . . . . "President Nixon declared war on his \"enemies\" and a secret police force took shape in the White House. When the president's men were caught red-handed in the Democrat's Watergate offices, exposure threatened. A massive cover-up, orchestrated by the President himself, seemed to succeed with Nixon's landslide 1972 re-election. Relive history in the words of the perpetrators themselves." . . . . . . . . . . . . "Watergate a third rate burglary"@en . "Third rate burglary"@en . . . . "Watergate : a third-rate burglary" .