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    Facts of the Case - Prior to President Nixon's re-election, seven men broke into the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters. It was suspected that the Nixon administration was involved in this breach. - After President Nixon's re-election, the Senate began investigating this incident. Witnesses testified that Nixon and other high-ranking officials were aware of the plan to break-in to the DNC headquarters and the subsequent cover-ups. When it was discovered that Nixon had a secret…

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    Watergate Analysis

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    time of Nixon resigning, I was working in St. Charles. It was something on the news that I was shocked about. I remember thinking, “Did this actually just happen?”... I can’t explain it in any other term, than simply shocking. This wasn’t just some scandal or some ordinary robbery, as it had seemed in the early hours of the news. This was something much, much more.” It was the warmest June the west had seen in nearly 31 years, however the sun wasn’t the only thing bringing heat. June 17,…

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    o With no increase in revenue as the market interest rate went up due to the swapping interest rate deal, so did the debt. Jefferson Country’s lawyers wanted to sue the banks for issuing more than $3 billion in debt that ruined by an inducement scandal. o The county agreed to close the lawsuit in exchange to the $3 billion principal reduced to $1.98 billion and…

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    Year 2000

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    As the amount technology available continued to spread at an almost exponential rate, the size of computers, which once took up an entire room, and their price were reduced down to more manageable sizes. As a result, computers become a commonplace piece of equipment found in many workplaces and family living rooms. However, as the year 2000 drew near, people began to fear that drastic changes would occur in their lives because of a simple bug called the Year 2000, or simply, Y2K. People’s fears…

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    Arthur Andersen Flaws

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    Financial specialists have customarily relied upon the stone strong notoriety of examining firms. These autonomous companies were — and the companies that until now are with us — accused of fundamentally looking into the records and the accounting books of their customer partnerships and rendering assessments about the dependability of those records. That was not the same any more, notwithstanding, because of Enron and their auditing company, Arthur Andersen. Till the revelation of Arthur…

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    Bribery Case Summary

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    Economic crime continues to be a significant issue for the engineering and construction industry. In the beginning of this year, January 22, 2015, another violation of the FCPA took place. SEC encountered a FCPA case within the Engineering industry. Bribery case was against Walid Hatoum and Post, Buckley, Schuh and Jernigan (PBSJ) Corporation. PBSJ is one of Florida’s largest engineering designs firm; now known as The Atkins North America Holdings Corporation. The investigation was performed by…

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    Eric Foner makes it well known that President Nixon did not get along with workers and some known reporters. In the section called, “Watergate” Eric Foner states, “He viewed every critic as a threat to national security and developed an enemies list, that included reporters.” When a President has foes and considers them enemies his job will become very hard and Americans can claim him as bias. Also, by having the mind set as a critic could really make world affairs a rough situation for Nixon.…

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    Brian Cruver's Report

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    Brian Cruver was a firsthand witness to the disturbing, surreal, and hilarious moments of Enron's long dance with death. When he first entered Enron's office complex, "the Death Star," he was the epitome of the Enron employee: young, brash, sporting a shiny new MBA, and obscenely overpaid. From his first day, however, when he was told that some colleagues hadn't really wanted to see him hired, he found himself in the middle of a venal greed machine whose story unfolded with all the absurdity and…

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    National Enquirer Scandal

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    On March 23 the National Enquirer recently leaked racy news to the public that claimed Ted Cruz was caught cheating with 5 secret mistresses. The sex scandal shocked Americans across the nation, given that Ted Cruz is a conservative republican senator from Texas. This type of strategic communication release is most definitely a leak as well as a way of negative campaigning. The 2016 election is one of the craziest, most entertaining elections in our nation’s history. Given this fact, many…

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    The Watergate Affair

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    The Justice System of the United States was founded on more historical terms. The Watergate was something that should've been expected, especially when Nixon was known for erratic and sometimes paranoid behaviors; which was proven by his “Checkers” speech. The Watergate affair was referred to because of multiple 1972 break-ins and electronic buggings. Within Nixon's administration officials, financial contributors and campaign officers more than 30 either pleaded guilty or were found guilty for…

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