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minus-squareNottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoHe’s probably not wrong, to be honest. Spying on the opponent seems to be basic campaigning now
minus-squareDoomsider@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoOh Watergate was about far more than that.
minus-squareNottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoI’m not American, so some of the details may have been lost on me. I thought it was that Nixon and his campaign managers had organized for people to break into a DNC office in order to bug it and get insider information about their campaign?
minus-squareDoomsider@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 days agoThat was just one incident that lead to them being caught. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal
He’s probably not wrong, to be honest. Spying on the opponent seems to be basic campaigning now
Oh Watergate was about far more than that.
I’m not American, so some of the details may have been lost on me. I thought it was that Nixon and his campaign managers had organized for people to break into a DNC office in order to bug it and get insider information about their campaign?
That was just one incident that lead to them being caught.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal