By Dylan Allman
Forget everything you thought you knew about Watergate. The real scandal wasn’t a bungled burglary—it was a meticulously planned coup by the CIA to remove a sitting president.
Nixon didn’t fall from grace because of his paranoia or political espionage; he was taken down by a shadowy alliance of intelligence operatives and political elites determined to keep their covert operations hidden and their power unchallenged.
Richard Nixon’s administration, despite its undeniable flaws, posed significant threats to powerful interests. His groundbreaking détente with China and the Soviet Union, initiatives to end the Vietnam War, and efforts to dismantle the gold standard disrupted the status quo.
This monumental shift was heavily influenced by Treasury Secretary John Connally, the former Texas governor, who persuaded Nixon to abandon the gold standard. Connally’s influence was critical in navigating this controversial decision, which, despite being beneficial for financial manipulation in the long term, caused immediate backlash among banking elites accustomed to the old system.
These actions threatened the military-industrial complex and banking elites, who thrived on endless conflict and economic manipulation.
Additionally, Nixon’s attempts to exert control over the intelligence community and reduce the power of the CIA made him a target. His establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and push for regulatory reforms also threatened corporate interests accustomed to minimal oversight.
Nixon was becoming too independent, too unpredictable, and the intelligence community decided he had to go.
Recent revelations demand a reexamination of the Watergate scandal. For decades, we’ve been fed a sanitized story by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, whose reporting made them “journalistic icons”. Yet, new evidence exposes their account as a deceptive tapestry of lies and omissions, crafted to obscure the true nature of the power struggle at play.
Jim Hougan’s seminal work, Secret Agenda, shattered the illusion that Watergate was merely about a third-rate burglary. Hougan unveiled a web of covert operations implicating the CIA, FBI, and other elements of the U.S. intelligence community.
His meticulous research revealed that key figures involved in the break-in, such as E. Howard Hunt and James McCord, had deep ties to the CIA, raising questions about the true nature of their mission.
Hougan’s interviews and access to declassified documents demonstrated that Hunt and McCord had been working together long before Watergate, on operations that had nothing to do with Nixon’s reelection campaign. The real motive behind the break-in, Hougan argued, was to protect a network of covert activities and illicit operations, including a prostitution ring linked to the DNC.
The burglary was a calculated move by the intelligence apparatus to undermine Nixon and protect their interests. Hougan’s work suggests that Watergate was a pretext, exploited by the intelligence community to engineer a coup against a president who had become too independent and unpredictable.
Central to this intrigue is the figure of “Deep Throat,” whose identity remained shrouded in mystery for years. While Mark Felt of the FBI eventually claimed the title, compelling evidence points to a more complex reality.
Ray Locker’s book, Haig’s Coup, posits that General Alexander Haig, Nixon’s own Chief of Staff, played a pivotal role in leaking information. Haig’s intimate knowledge of the White House taping system and his deliberate delay in informing Nixon about the tapes’ existence allowed crucial evidence to be exposed, preventing Nixon from invoking executive privilege.
Haig, along with other figures like John Sears and William Sullivan, likely constituted a composite “Deep Throat,” feeding Woodward and Bernstein selective information. This orchestrated leak campaign was not about “protecting democracy” but about safeguarding the interests of the establishment and intelligence community.
Strangely, Deep Throat is never mentioned in the Washington Post’s original reporting or in the book and movie All the President’s Men. It was only after their meteoric rise to fame that this super-secret source was conveniently revealed, casting further doubt on the credibility of their narrative.
Bruce Bawer’s recent analysis further discredits the myth of Woodward and Bernstein’s journalistic heroism. His meticulous research reveals their collaboration with CIA fronts and their intentional suppression of key details about the agency’s involvement in Watergate.
Bawer documents how Woodward and Bernstein, far from being independent journalists, were manipulated by high-level sources within the intelligence community who fed them selective information to shape the narrative. This collaboration ensured that the full extent of the CIA’s covert operations remained hidden from the public eye.
By focusing the story on Nixon’s misdeeds and the break-in at the DNC, they diverted attention from the deeper, systemic corruption involving the intelligence community’s illegal activities. The Washington Post, influenced by its powerful connections, played a crucial role in perpetuating this distorted narrative, which ultimately directed public outrage solely at Nixon while shielding the true orchestrators of the scandal.
John O’Connor’s investigations corroborate these claims, showing that the Washington Post colluded with intelligence operatives to construct a narrative that would ensure Nixon’s downfall. O’Connor’s meticulous research uncovered evidence that the Post, under the guise of “investigative journalism,” was actually working hand-in-glove with elements of the intelligence community.
This collaboration aimed to protect ongoing covert operations and illicit activities, including a high-priced prostitution ring operating out of the DNC. O’Connor revealed that the break-in was intended to secure sensitive documents and evidence related to these operations, which could potentially implicate powerful figures within the government and intelligence agencies.
Moreover, John Dean’s role in Watergate is deeply suspect. Having served as White House Counsel for President Richard Nixon from July 1970 to April 1973, In his book The Nixon Defense, Dean largely omits his role in Watergate, directing readers to his earlier book Blind Ambition. Under oath, Dean distanced himself from Blind Ambition, blaming discrepancies on ghostwriter Taylor Branch and editor Alice Mayhew, both of whom denied his claims.
Dean’s newest book claims to be based on “new transcripts,” but given his close association with Professor Stanley Kutler—who was caught altering Nixon’s tapes to improve Dean’s image—these transcripts should be independently verified.
Dean knew about the Watergate bugs being sent to White House aide Gordon Strachan in June 1972 but didn’t inform Nixon until March 1973. His tapes with Nixon from March 1973, in which he urges Nixon to commit crimes, are either truncated or omitted in his book.
Dean also destroyed a notebook found in Watergate burglar E. Howard Hunt’s White House safe and directed White House operatives to scout out the DNC offices weeks before the break-in.
Multiple witnesses, including Jack Caufield, Anthony Ulascewicz, James McCord, and Jeb Stuart Magruder, testified that Dean had prior knowledge of the break-in. Despite access to the FBI’s investigation, Dean failed to inform Nixon that no working bugs were found inside the DNC. He paid Lou Russell, the seventh Watergate burglar, to hide out in Maryland, with payments coinciding with withdrawals Dean made from White House political funds.
Dean’s connections to the mob-linked call girl Madam Heidi Rikan, whose ring serviced the DNC, further complicate his narrative. His name and private phone number appeared in Rikan’s black book, and he orchestrated the break-in to secure records of these connections and his wife’s past.
The implications are staggering. Nixon’s resignation was not the end of a corrupt presidency but the culmination of a successful coup by the intelligence community and political elites. This coup was executed through a combination of media manipulation, selective leaks, and behind-the-scenes machinations that ensured Nixon’s removal while preserving the power and secrecy of the establishment.
Nixon was a casualty of a system that tolerates no defiance, a system that remains as powerful and unaccountable today as it was then.
This dark orchestration becomes even clearer when considering the testimony of key figures like Alfred Baldwin, who revealed that CIA operatives were deeply involved in the break-in.
Baldwin, who served as a lookout during the Watergate operation, provided detailed accounts of the CIA’s involvement, explaining how operatives meticulously planned and executed the burglary. His testimony indicated that the break-in was far from a rogue political operation; it was part of a sophisticated intelligence strategy aimed at creating a scandal so damaging it would ensure Nixon’s downfall.
Baldwin’s revelations were corroborated by other insiders, who described how the CIA orchestrated events to exploit Nixon’s vulnerabilities and manipulate public perception. These coordinated efforts included planting evidence, controlling the narrative through media leaks, and ensuring that the investigation would lead directly to Nixon, thereby diverting attention from the agency’s clandestine activities.
Adding another layer of betrayal, the Pentagon was covertly spying on Nixon through the Radford-Moorer affair. This little-known operation involved Yeoman Charles Radford, who was assigned to the National Security Council and secretly passed classified documents to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, undermining Nixon’s authority.
This espionage, never reported in the media, highlights the extent of the military’s covert operations against their own Commander-in-Chief.
Even within Nixon’s administration, betrayal was brewing. Henry Kissinger, his National Security Advisor and Secretary of State, had deep ties to the global elite and was pursuing his own agenda. Kissinger’s maneuvers during the Watergate scandal reveal a calculated effort to undermine Nixon.
He skillfully positioned himself as indispensable while secretly aligning with those who wanted Nixon out. Kissinger’s strategic leaks and manipulations ensured that he emerged unscathed, ultimately consolidating power after Nixon’s resignation.
His actions point to a deliberate internal sabotage, where personal ambition and allegiance to powerful global interests took precedence over loyalty to the president. This betrayal from within further compounded the external pressures Nixon faced, sealing his fate in a web of deceit and high-level treachery.
Moreover, Hougan’s work uncovered the disturbing fact that the FBI and the media were complicit in hiding the truth about the break-in. The FBI’s own documents, released under the Freedom of Information Act, reveal that the so-called “investigation” was a deliberate cover-up designed to protect the real orchestrators of the break-in.
These documents show that the FBI, instead of conducting an impartial investigation, focused on directing the blame squarely on Nixon while shielding the involvement of the intelligence community.
Hougan’s research indicates that key evidence was suppressed, witnesses were manipulated, and the narrative was controlled to ensure that the full extent of the CIA and FBI’s involvement remained hidden. This collusion between the FBI and the media ensured that the public remained unaware of the deeper conspiracy, perpetuating the myth that Nixon alone was responsible for the scandal.
The media, often hailed as the “guardian of democracy,” played a crucial role in Nixon’s downfall. But their fervor to expose Nixon was driven by more than just “journalistic integrity”. The Washington Post, under powerful owners with deep political ties, became a tool for a coordinated smear campaign.
Bob Woodward, a journalist for the Post at the time, had high-level connections within the intelligence community which suggest a larger conspiracy where the media was manipulated to turn public opinion against Nixon. These connections, combined with selective leaks from insiders, ensured that the narrative focused on Nixon’s culpability while diverting attention from the deeper involvement of the CIA and FBI.
It’s time to rewrite the history of Watergate and recognize it for what it was: a meticulously planned and executed coup, masked by the facade of journalistic integrity and democratic accountability.
The real heroes of this story are not Woodward and Bernstein but those who dare to expose the truth behind the myth, challenging the entrenched powers that continue to shape our world from the shadows.
Nixon was a casualty of a system that tolerates no defiance, and his resignation serves as a reminder of the sinister forces at play behind the facade of democracy.
