Lessons from Watergate

36 years ago, a burglary at the Watergate complex in Washington D.C. began the unraveling of a large-scale government cover-up that forced President Nixon's resignation. Two White House insiders and two Watergate prosecutors discuss the scandal that changed American politics forever.

Guests

• John Dean: Former White House Counsel and author of several books including "Worse than Watergate" and "Conservatives without Conscience."
• Egil "Bud" Krogh: Former deputy assistant to the president for domestic affairs and co-director of the White House Plumbers unit . He is author of "Integrity: Good People, Bad Choices, and life Lessons from the White House."
• Jill Wine-Banks: Former Watergate prosecutor
• Charles Breyer: Former Watergate prosecutor

More from MPR

• The legacy of Richard Nixon
  January 9, 2008
• What made Nixon tick?
  June 18, 2007
• Probing the conservative mind-set
  July 20, 2006
• Ellsberg reflects on the significance of the Pentagon Papers
  March 4, 2008
• Ellsberg on dissent
  February 26, 2008

Resources

• University of St. Thomas