I am reminded of Watergate, which I think a lot of people don't realize was about planting wiretaps in the Democratic National Committee headquarters. It led to

I am reminded of Watergate, which I think a lot of people don't realize was about planting wiretaps in the Democratic National Committee headquarters. It led to Nixon's resignation and it has left us with a legacy of adding "-gate" onto the end of all kinds of things (a la "GamerGate"). As a child, I knew Watergate was a scandal that impacted the presidency. I think I was an adult before I learned it involved wiretapping. I remember being rather surprised to learn some of the details as an adult. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal