Watergate: Chronology of a Scandal

Nel giugno 1972, quello che sembrava un semplice furto in un edificio di Washington D.C. svelò un complotto di corruzione che portò alle dimissioni di Richard Nixon.

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+ to notice: notare + tape: nastro adesivo + to stick: pegar, enganchar + latch: serratura + basement: seminterrato + to remove: rimuovere + in plain clothing: in borghese + to turn up: presentarsi + to pick up: prendere, raccogliere + to let go: lasciare andare + earth-shattering: sconvolgente, dirompente + to engage: partecipare + break-in: irruzione + landslide: schiacciante + to trust: fidarsi + mainstream media outlets: principali fonti di comunicazione + bipartisan support: sostegno bipartitico + array: serie + to undertake: intraprendere + bugging: intercettare + IRS: agenzia delle entrate (Internal Revenue Service) + outstanding: eccezionale + so much so: a tal punto
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On 17 June 1972, night security guard Frank Wills noticed + to notice: notare a piece of tape + tape: nastro adesivo  stuck + to stick: pegar, enganchar to the latch + latch: serratura of a basement + basement: seminterrato door at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. He removed + to remove: rimuovere the tape, which was holding the door open, but on his next round it had reappeared. In response to his call, two policemen in plain clothing + in plain clothing: in borghese  turned up + to turn up: presentarsi and caught five men in the act of an apparent robbery.

THE POST

Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, two young reporters at The Washington Postpicked up + to pick up: prendere, raccogliere the story and refused to let it go + to let go: lasciare andare . With the help of an anonymous informant they called Deep Throat, and with the guidance and backing of their senior colleagues, Bernstein and Woodward began to uncover an earth-shattering + earth-shattering: sconvolgente, dirompente truth. With revelation after revelation, they became convinced that US President Richard Nixon was engaging + to engage: partecipare in criminal activity. 

CONGRESS

As things heated up, Nixon and his men took steps to cover up their involvement in the break-in + break-in: irruzione . The President’s landslide + landslide: schiacciante re-election in November 1973 appeared to show that, despite the mounting evidence against him, the American public still trusted + to trust: fidarsi him. However, mainstream media outlets + mainstream media outlets: principali fonti di comunicazione were publicising the story, and Congress launched its own internal investigation with bipartisan support + bipartisan support: sostegno bipartitico

WITNESSES

Over the course of a year, key witnesses testified to an array + array: serie of clandestine and illegal activities undertaken + to undertake: intraprendere by members of the Nixon administration. These included bugging + bugging: intercettare the offices of opponents, ordering investigations of activist groups, and using the FBI, the CIA and the IRS + IRS: agenzia delle entrate (Internal Revenue Service) as political weapons to protect the presidency. Finally, in August 1974, leading figures in the Republican Party put pressure on Nixon to resign, which led to him being the first and only US president to do so. Fifty years on, The Washington Post maintains an  outstanding + outstanding: eccezionale reputation, and Watergate remains a symbol of investigative reporting worldwide, so much so + so much so: a tal punto that the suffix ‘-gate’ is used to describe political scandals everywhere.

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