The Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, which was investigated by independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr, began in 1995, when America was surprised by a political sex scandal involving President Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern in her early 20s (Schmidt, “Clinton Accused of Urging Aide to Lie). When news of his affair became public in 1998, Clinton denied the sexual relationship before later admitting to “inappropriate intimate physical contact” with Monica Lewinsky. This led to the House
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Watergate is widely believed to be the largest political scandal that the United States has seen. This scandal turned heads with the extensive association with the then United States President Richard Nixon, and many of his administration that aided in the execution and cover up of the events. The Watergate scandal of the 1970’s proved to be one of the most significant political scandal in history which included lies, breaking and entering, cover-ups and the first ever resignation of a United States
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The Hobbesian theme of Greed and dishonesty is also seen in the Harding Administration during the Teapot Dome Scandal of 1923. In 1912, Taft decided that the oil reserves at Teapot Dome, Wyoming and Elk Hills, California would be set aside for the US Navy to use. When Albert Fall was appointed Secretary of Interior under Harding, asked the Secretary of Navy, Edwin Denby if he could lease some of the reserves to the Mammoth Oil Company. While legal at the time to do so, it was still pretty suspicious
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Nixon v. United States 506 U.S. 224 (1993) Facts Walter Nixon Jr., a U.S. District Court judge in Mississippi, was investigated for his involvement for trading an oil and gas deal with an entrepreneur in exchange for his intervention in the entrepreneur son’s indictment for drug trafficking. Nixon was brought before a grand jury and testified that he did not intervene with the son’s case. He later stood trial in federal court for committing perjury during his grand jury testimony and accepting an
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Out of all the scandals we went over this semester, the Watergate scandal is my favorite. The Watergate scandal happened during Nixon’s presidency when his organization called CREEP hired five men (the plumbers) to break into the Watergate to wire it in order to spy on his opposing opponents. The plumbers were arrested before they could successfully finish their job because a security guard seen tape on the door latch outside of the Democratic National Committee Headquarters. President Nixon told
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The story of Edward Snowden is perhaps the biggest and most famous intelligence breach in United States history. The 29-year-old computer programmer who made headlines in 2013 was working for the National Security Agency through subcontractor Booz Allen in the NSA’s office in Oahu, Hawaii when he became disturbed and uncomfortable with some of the NSA’s data. He began collecting top-secret documents regarding NSA domestic surveillance practices. These documents confirmed unsettling spy activity against
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Ryan Streetman July, 26, 2011 WORLDCOM’S FALL AND THE CONTROVERSY OF SARBANES OXLEY WorldCom provided telecommunication services of voice and internet. They began as a long distance reseller in 1984. The company was headed by Bernard Ebbers who became the CEO in 1985. The company didn’t go public until the middle of 1989. Through the years, WorldCom became more than just a telecommunications company. They were also information technology out-breakers. They were able to become an internet powerhouse
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“Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.” -President Richard Nixon 1969 was the beginning of scandal, deceit and lies amongst the government and the people of the 70’s. January 20th 1969, Richard Nixon became the 37th president of the United States of America. He conquered the election over Hubert Humphrey which is one of the closest elections none in American History. When he
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BACKGROUND In the fall of 2002, Joe Nacchio, the CEO of Qwest Commutations International was on trial after the board of Qwest, kicked him out when Qwest was caught in a multibillion-dollar accounting scandal (Gimein). Nacchio was asked to testify by a congressional panel regarding if Qwest and Global Crossing sold stuff they didn't need to each other so they could inflate revenues and keep stock prices high (Gimein). EVENTS THAT OCCURRED In 2000, Nacchio promised investors that Qwest’s revenue
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Synopsis Enron was believed to be the company to take over the world in the 1990’s. The company was growing at exponential rates that were unheard of at the time. It was ranked among the 7 top corporations in the world peaking at a net worth of $70 billion. The company’s overwhelming wealth and success gave birth to some overconfident and ultimately greedy people within the company. In the end, Enron fell due to falsification of financial records, reporting profits well in excess of the actual
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