Government,
Criminal
Jun. 15, 2022
The Watergate scandal 50 years later: a personal story
Twenty-four year old Frank Wills and I crossed the street to the restaurant on the Howard Johnson’s ground floor to get cheeseburgers and milkshakes. Back at the hotel, I took my motorcycle to return to my cousin’s place. Frank found the door re-taped and called the police. Frank’s actions resulted in the burglars’ arrests and in events now memorialized in books and movies.
UCLA has a “Summer In Washington Program.” It places students in offices of various government officials and agencies. The plum positions are in the offices of U.S. senators and governors. In the Summer of 1972 and as a junior, I was an also-ran: my position was with the Democratic National Committee in Washington, D.C.
On Sunday, June 11, 1972, I arrived at my cousin’s home in D.C.’s Upper Northwest, near the stunning Washington National C...
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