Day 1

  • The Watergate Break-in

    Chair: Shane O’Sullivan (The Watergate Burglars)

    The Break-in - Adam Henig (Frank Wills: Forgotten Hero)

    Gordon Liddy is Key to Understanding What Happened in Watergate - Douglas Caddy (the original attorney for the burglars)

    Followed by a discussion with the speakers and Daniel Schultz (trial and appeal attorney for the Miami burglars)

  • Watergate in Presidential History

    A presentation by Timothy Naftali (Impeachment: An American History, CNN contributor and former director, Nixon Library)

  • Investigating the Watergate Break-in

    Opening remarks by lead Watergate prosecutor Earl Silbert, followed by a panel discussion with Silbert, FBI case agent Angelo Lano and FBI agent Daniel Mahan, moderated by Melissa Graves (Nixon's FBI: Hoover, Watergate, and a Bureau in Crisis)

  • The Hidden Motives of James McCord

    Nixon’s Pentagon Cover-up - Ray Locker (Haig’s Coup)

    McCord’s final PowerPoint to his family about his role in Watergate -Shane O’Sullivan (The Watergate Burglars)

    Followed by a discussion with the speakers and Scott Camil (Vietnam Veterans against the War, the group secretly targeted by McCord).

  • The Watergate Caper (40’), a new film by Shane O’Sullivan

Day 2

  • Bookkeeper/Whistleblower

    A panel discussion with Watergate whistleblower Judy Hoback Miller and the retired FBI agents who interviewed her, Paul Magallanes and John Mindermann (In Pursuit: from the streets of San Francisco to Watergate), moderated by Melissa Graves.

  • Every Tree in the Forest Will Fall: The CIA and Watergate

    Chair: Shane O’Sullivan

    Better days: Nixon's pre-presidential relations with the CIA - Christopher Moran (Company Confessions: Secrets, Memoirs, and the CIA)

    CIA and Watergate - Jefferson Morley (Scorpions' Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate)

    Did Bill Colby Miss Watergate? - John Prados (National Security Archive)

  • Watergate Myths and Counter-Narratives

    Chair: Garrett Graff

    A Mindset, Not an Event: Watergate from ‘68 to ‘74 - Garrett Graff (Watergate: A New History)

    Secret Agenda, Hougan, and Watergate: The Final Verdict - James Rosen (The Strong Man)

    Sustained by selective memory: Watergate's dominant narrative - W. Joseph Campbell (Getting It Wrong: Debunking the Greatest Myths of American Journalism)

  • The Legacy of Watergate

    Chair: Shane O’Sullivan

    From top to bottom, this whole business is a Haldeman operation - David Kaiser (The Road to Dallas)

    Gerald Ford, Watergate, and the De-Nixonization of the Presidency during 1976’s American Revolutionary Bicentennial - Tom Cryer (University College London)