Timeline of the Watergate scandal —regarding attempts by the sitting U.S. President to discredit an anti-war whistleblower of official capacity, and upon exposure of related improprieties, to use the powers of office to silence political and legal opposition.
- 1964 - U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War officially begins.
- Daniel Ellsberg begins work at The Pentagon.
- Ellsberg acquires the Pentagon Papers
- Ellsberg gives copies to Neil Sheehan
- June 13, 1971 - The New York Times begins publishing the Pentagon Papers. The Washington Post soon follows
- Richard Nixon reacts with outrage
- September 9, 1971: The "White House Plumbers" burglarizes the office of Ellsberg's psychiatrist, seeking damaging information.
- June 17, 1972: "White House Plumbers" are arrested at 2:30 a.m. in process of burgularizing (planting surveillance bugs) the Democratic National Committee offices at the Watergate Hotel.
- Independent special prosecutor Archibald Cox appointed to oversee investigation into possible presidential impropriety.
- "Saturday Night Massacre" - Nixon fires special prosecutor Cox and others.
- U.S. Supreme Court overturns suppression of free press.
- Congress motions to impeach Nixon
- Nixon resigns presidency. Gerald Ford becomes President.
- U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ends.
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