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eem weak and make it as there is no trust. Presidents try to expand their power and become dominant over society (Woodward and Bernstein 2005). By being corrupt a president only look forward in their own interest and not society like they've took the oath.

The line of corruption of the Watergate scandal is longer than the Mississippi river. This scandal left the United States shocked and looking for answers. The effect of the scandal was tremendous and was the topic of discussion for years. How did the Watergate scandal affect the United States? The effect that scandals have on a nation changes the nation forever. A presidential scandal is an attempt for a president to be dominant not just over citizens but also over congress (Woodward and Bernstein 2005). The thing that presidents fail to realize is that we live in a democracy not a monarchy so the dominance will not be tolerated. In what ways did President Richard Nixon try to expand his power and become dominant?

The dominance of presidential power has to be recognized so our society won't become anarchy. The affected of presidential power abused has to be examined closely. Nixon's abuse of presidential power had a negative effect on American political life which created an atmosphere of distrust. The nation was just getting over the war and this scandal offered more disdain. The significance in this Watergate scandal comes from the great deal of high ranking officials involved. This scandal made it seems as if the entire white house was corrupted (Bernstein 1974). This was the first time in our nation where this amount of officials was involved in such a scandal lead by Richard Nixon.

4.研究成果-IV: Research Findings

The person responsible for blowing the whistle on the Watergate just started to come forward a few years ago. Apparently this person has been hidden for 33 years and just decided to come forward with information on the scandal (Woodward and Bernstein 2005). The person is referred to as 'Deep Throat'. According to 'The Secret Man' Nixon's White House had some huge political pressures. It was referred to as corrupt and sinister. These are some quite vivid words to describe this administration that some are agreeing with. The trace of many during the Nixon era is very important to the Watergate scandal. Money from the campaign funds were used to pay the burglars. People knew that Nixon was too smart to be involved directly but they knew he was the big fish behind it all but it had to be proven. Many people were in the CREEP and they committed many criminal offices other the Watergate scandal. 'They were bugging, following people around, canceling campaign rallies, investigating workers' private lives, planting spies, stealing documents and planting provocateurs.' These acts were looked into by the FBI.

The FBI established that the bugging had come from a massive campaign of political spying and sabotage on behalf of Nixon's administration. These acts came were aimed at all the major democratic contenders who was in competition with Nixon and this was a common basic strategy of Nixon's re-election efforts. A man named Herman Kalmbach, had paid about 35,000 of the campaign money to finance his spying and sabotage campaign. There were even reports that Nixon personally threatened Dean himself. The money spent to pay off Howard Hunt, Liddy, and the five burglars totaled up to about 1 million