All the President's Men - Movie Questions

Who are the following people?
-Carl Bernstein: Investigative journalist at the Washington Post.
-Ben Bradlee: Executive editor of the Washington Post.
-Patrick Buchanan: A speech writer and opposition researcher for Nixon.
-Archibald Cox: The first prosecuter in the Watergate scandal.
-H.R. "Bob" Haldeman: President Nixon's chief of staff.
-E. Howard Hunt: An intellgience officer; his job under Nixon was to fix things that were leaked from the White house.
-Leon Jaworski: Second special prosecuter in the Watergate scandal.
-G. Gordon Liddy: Chief operative in Nixon's "White House Plumbers." He refused to talk to the FBI.
-James McCord: Former CIA officer who served as an electronics expert before the Watergate scandal.
-Bob Woodward: Journalist for the Washington Post who exposed the Watergate scandal along with Carl Bernstein.

1. The date is June 17, 1972.
2. Five mean are about to be caught breaking into the Washington, D.C.  offices of the National Democratic Headquarters located in the Watergate building.
3. Their purpose for the break in: To plant bugs in the office building.
4. A Republican, Richard Nixon, is president. He was first elected in 1968, and is running for a second term. He wins.
5.  Thanks largely to the work of two reporters from the Washington Post newspaper, Nixon's administration is found guilty of a) unethical and illegal campaign activities, b) the misuse of hundreds of thousands of dollars of unaccounted for campaign donations, and c) a political espionage campaign headed by the Committee to Re-Elect the President, and involving the White House, campaign officials, and the Justice department.
6. By the time it's all over in the summer of 1974, many White House officials and others are charged and convicted of felonies, and do serious jail time, and, faced with impeachment, President Nixon resigns.

Vocab:
1. Bugging - Planting listening devices in a room
2. Canuck letter - forged letter to the editor of the Manchester Union leader
3. Committee to Re-elect the President (CREEP) - fundraising committee of Nixon's administration
4. Cover up - trying to hide something
5. Covert operations - undercover operations
6. Deep background - information that isn't included in the article but is used by the journalist to enhance the story.
7. General Accounting Office - investigates how the federal government spends tax payers' money.
8. On the record - Said with knowing consent that your words will be used
9. Set up - introductory statement
10. Slush fund - a reserve of money for illegal purposes
11. Verbatim notes - Word for word notes

1. By the statement that Ben Bradlee made, he meant that the things at stake on their journalistic piece was the right to free speech, being able to write without the fear of punishment, and the future of the country to have an honest leader.
2. "Follow the money" is important because by following who would benefit from a scandal, you are able to find out who is behind the illegal or inappropriate actions.