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Watergate at 50: Why We Don’t Trust the Government

Due to technical difficulties beyond our control, the last article we published didn’t go out to everyone on the list. Just in case you’ve been thinking about the 50th anniversary of the break-in at Democratic National Headquarters in the Watergate Complex, here’s the link.

A whole generation – including many a young journalism student like myself – witnessed firsthand how government could engage in espionage and disinformation campaigns against its own citizens in the name of partisan victory.

“Watergate set off a blood feud between Democrats and Republicans that may continue for generations,” notorious Watergater Howard Hunt wrote in his memoir, An American Spy, published just after his death in 2007. “Since then, each party resurrects the fight with every transgression by the other party … Americans now suffer from political fatigue, lacking faith in the leadership of both parties.”

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