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President Obama is not a pioneer of the illegal and offensive wars that the United States has engaged in during the last 20 years. But the use of drone strikes under his administration make him an international war criminal.
June 17, 1972 - In the early morning five men were arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. They had been hired by President Richard Nixon’s Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP) to install bugging devices and copy documents.
The abuse of power and obstruction of justice involved in the cover-up of this crime eventually led to the resignation of the President, at the time on the verge of impeachment by the House or Representatives.
Cine “Todos los hombres del presidente”
Película basada en hechos reales sucedidos en 1972 tras un aparente redada rutinaria en el edificio Watergate, de ahí el nombre del caso, en la sede del Comité Nacional del Partido Demócrata. Lo que parecía un caso de poca importancia, sin embargo dos jóvenes reporteros del diario The Washington Post, Bob Woodward y Carl Bernstein les despertó sospechas. A pesar de su rivalidad al comienza, de la falta de pistas iniciales y presiones externas, ambos colaborarán en exhaustiva y peligrosa investigación. Con la valiosa ayuda de un informante de las altas esferas apodado “Garganta Profunda”, logran desentrañar una masiva red de espionaje, corrupción y fondos reservados que implica directamente al equipo del presidente Richard Nixon, en que le acabaría forzando su histórica dimisión. La película, muy alejada de los adornos acostumbrados de Hollywood, apuesto por el realismo en estado puro, un estilo que parece un documental. Mención aparte la labor de fotografía de Gordon Willis, que contrapone la pulcra y excesivamente iluminada redacción del periódico con los oscuros, claustrofóbicos y amenazantes aparcamientos subterráneos donde se esconden los secretos de Estado.
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When #Democrats were preparing to impeach #MafiaDon the first time around in late 2019, I wrote an Op/Ed noting that they needed to include EVERY crime he had committed those 3 years (and the list was long) rather than just his attempt to extort Zelensky.
People NEEDED to see the lengthy laundry list of crimes he had committed while in office.
They did just as expected, his criminal history dismissed, and here we are today.
Trump 2.0 makes #Watergate look like a prank phone call.