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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa198.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Watergate_scandal\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Watergate_scandal\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/historica.fandom.com\/wiki\/Watergate_scandal","crawl_time":1771694998,"first_indexed_time":0,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,fandom!historica,\/wiki\/Watergate_scandal s443","src_root_hash":"11439660390604180198","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Watergate scandal | Historica Wiki | Fandom","meta_descriptions":["The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States during the 1970s, starting with the 17 June 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington DC and resulting in the resignation of President..."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Historica Wiki\nExplore\nMain Page\nAll Pages\nCommunity\nInteractive Maps\nRecent Blog Posts\nWiki Content\nRecently Changed Pages\nBurning Down the Patriarchy\nRafe St.Mark\nTazim Allal\nNoureddine Chraïbi\nAyser Lamrani\nEl Bachir El Maleh\nSuhaim Bourkia\nTop Categories\nSoldiers\nThomas Hickey\nZazai\nBijan\nJose Burillo\nNadya Belovna\nKhalid Islambouli\nAbdul Hadi al-Iraqi\nKilled\nYoshimoto Imagawa\nNaomori Ii\nNagayasu Sogo\nMurad Bey\nNorishige Obata\nMitsuhide Akechi\nHidemitsu Akechi\nAbout\nVerified Account\nSkip to content\nExplore\nMain Page\nAll Pages\nCommunity\nInteractive Maps\nRecent Blog Posts\nWiki Content\nRecently Changed Pages\nBurning Down the Patriarchy\nRafe St.Mark\nTazim Allal\nNoureddine Chraïbi\nAyser Lamrani\nEl Bachir El Maleh\nSuhaim Bourkia\nTop Categories\nSoldiers\nThomas Hickey\nZazai\nBijan\nJose Burillo\nNadya Belovna\nKhalid Islambouli\nAbdul Hadi al-Iraqi\nKilled\nYoshimoto Imagawa\nNaomori Ii\nNagayasu Sogo\nMurad Bey\nNorishige Obata\nMitsuhide Akechi\nHidemitsu Akechi\nAbout\nVerified Account\nWatergate scandal\nThe \nWatergate scandal\nwas a major political scandal that occurred in the\nUnited States\nduring the 1970s, starting with the 17 June 1972 break-in at the\nDemocratic National Committee\nheadquarters at the Watergate office complex in\nWashington DC\nand resulting in the resignation of President\nRichard Nixon\nand the imprisonment of many of his operatives. The scandal began when the five \"\nWhite House Plumbers\n\" - Nixon's secret operations squad - was caught while breaking into the DNC headquarters. \nThe Washington Post\njournalists\nBob Woodward\nand\nCarl Bernstein\n were assigned to the case, and they discovered that burglar\nJames W. McCord, Jr.\nwas a former\nCIA\nagent. They were later able to access the bank accounts of the burglars in\nFlorida\n, drawing a connection to\nKenneth H. Dahlberg\n, a member of Nixon's re-election committee, CREEP. They soon found that the web of conspirators reached the top levels of the\nRepublican Party\n, implicating White House Chief of Staff\nH.R. Haldeman\nand Attorney General\nJohn N. Mitchell\nin the use of slush funds,\nDonald Segretti\n's involvement in \"ratfucking\" smear campaigns against the\nDemocratic Party\n, and the President himself in attempting to obstruct justice by taping his conversations and by pressuring the\nCIA\nto interfere with the\nFBI\ninvestigation. On 24 July 1974, the\nUS Supreme Court\ndecided that Nixon had to release his recorded tapes, including the \"Smoking Gun Tape\", which revealed Nixon's manipulation of the CIA to work against the FBI. Nixon faced nearly certain impeachment in the\nUS Congress\n, so he resigned on 9 August 1974. His successor,\nGerald Ford\n, pardoned him on 8 September 1974, costing Ford re-election in 1976.\nWatergate had a profound impact on American culture and society. The American people no longer had faith in their government, and they began to focus on their personal interests instead of the national interest; this led to the 1970s becoming dominated by the \"Me generation\", which would go on to engage in a \"decade of excess\" during the 1980s. The\nRepublican Party\nlost heavily in the\nUnited States presidential election, 1976\nas the result of Watergate, but it would see a resurgence under\nRonald Reagan\nin 1980 as the result of the foreign policy failures of President\nJimmy Carter\nand his\nDemocratic Party\nadministration. Since the scandal, the suffix \"-gate\" has frequently been used to describe major scandals.","attrs_markdown":"Over the next weeks, we are upgrading our network and platform security. No action is required. 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The scandal began when the five \"[White House Plumbers](https:\/\/historica.fandom.com\/wiki\/White_House_Plumbers \"White House Plumbers\")\" - Nixon's secret operations squad - was caught while breaking into the DNC headquarters. *The Washington Post* journalists [Bob Woodward](https:\/\/historica.fandom.com\/wiki\/Bob_Woodward \"Bob Woodward\") and [Carl Bernstein](https:\/\/historica.fandom.com\/wiki\/Carl_Bernstein \"Carl Bernstein\") were assigned to the case, and they discovered that burglar James W. McCord, Jr. was a former [CIA](https:\/\/historica.fandom.com\/wiki\/CIA \"CIA\") agent. They were later able to access the bank accounts of the burglars in [Florida](https:\/\/historica.fandom.com\/wiki\/Florida \"Florida\"), drawing a connection to [Kenneth H. Dahlberg](https:\/\/historica.fandom.com\/wiki\/Kenneth_H._Dahlberg \"Kenneth H. Dahlberg\"), a member of Nixon's re-election committee, CREEP. They soon found that the web of conspirators reached the top levels of the [Republican Party](https:\/\/historica.fandom.com\/wiki\/Republican_Party \"Republican Party\"), implicating White House Chief of Staff [H.R. Haldeman](https:\/\/historica.fandom.com\/wiki\/H.R._Haldeman \"H.R. Haldeman\") and Attorney General [John N. Mitchell](https:\/\/historica.fandom.com\/wiki\/John_N._Mitchell \"John N. Mitchell\") in the use of slush funds, [Donald Segretti](https:\/\/historica.fandom.com\/wiki\/Donald_Segretti \"Donald Segretti\")'s involvement in \"ratfucking\" smear campaigns against the [Democratic Party](https:\/\/historica.fandom.com\/wiki\/Democratic_Party \"Democratic Party\"), and the President himself in attempting to obstruct justice by taping his conversations and by pressuring the [CIA](https:\/\/historica.fandom.com\/wiki\/CIA \"CIA\") to interfere with the [FBI](https:\/\/historica.fandom.com\/wiki\/FBI \"FBI\") investigation. On 24 July 1974, the [US Supreme Court](https:\/\/historica.fandom.com\/wiki\/US_Supreme_Court \"US Supreme Court\") decided that Nixon had to release his recorded tapes, including the \"Smoking Gun Tape\", which revealed Nixon's manipulation of the CIA to work against the FBI. Nixon faced nearly certain impeachment in the [US Congress](https:\/\/historica.fandom.com\/wiki\/US_Congress \"US Congress\"), so he resigned on 9 August 1974. His successor, Gerald Ford, pardoned him on 8 September 1974, costing Ford re-election in 1976.\n\nWatergate had a profound impact on American culture and society. The American people no longer had faith in their government, and they began to focus on their personal interests instead of the national interest; this led to the 1970s becoming dominated by the \"Me generation\", which would go on to engage in a \"decade of excess\" during the 1980s. 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The scandal began when the five "[White House Plumbers](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/White_House_Plumbers "White House Plumbers")" - Nixon's secret operations squad - was caught while breaking into the DNC headquarters. The Washington Post journalists [Bob Woodward](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Bob_Woodward "Bob Woodward") and [Carl Bernstein](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Carl_Bernstein "Carl Bernstein") were assigned to the case, and they discovered that burglar James W. McCord, Jr. was a former [CIA](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/CIA "CIA") agent. They were later able to access the bank accounts of the burglars in [Florida](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Florida "Florida"), drawing a connection to [Kenneth H. Dahlberg](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Kenneth_H._Dahlberg "Kenneth H. Dahlberg"), a member of Nixon's re-election committee, CREEP. They soon found that the web of conspirators reached the top levels of the [Republican Party](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Republican_Party "Republican Party"), implicating White House Chief of Staff [H.R. Haldeman](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/H.R._Haldeman "H.R. Haldeman") and Attorney General [John N. Mitchell](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/John_N._Mitchell "John N. Mitchell") in the use of slush funds, [Donald Segretti](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Donald_Segretti "Donald Segretti")'s involvement in "ratfucking" smear campaigns against the [Democratic Party](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Democratic_Party "Democratic Party"), and the President himself in attempting to obstruct justice by taping his conversations and by pressuring the [CIA](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/CIA "CIA") to interfere with the [FBI](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/FBI "FBI") investigation. On 24 July 1974, the [US Supreme Court](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/US_Supreme_Court "US Supreme Court") decided that Nixon had to release his recorded tapes, including the "Smoking Gun Tape", which revealed Nixon's manipulation of the CIA to work against the FBI. Nixon faced nearly certain impeachment in the [US Congress](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/US_Congress "US Congress"), so he resigned on 9 August 1974. His successor, Gerald Ford, pardoned him on 8 September 1974, costing Ford re-election in 1976. Watergate had a profound impact on American culture and society. The American people no longer had faith in their government, and they began to focus on their personal interests instead of the national interest; this led to the 1970s becoming dominated by the "Me generation", which would go on to engage in a "decade of excess" during the 1980s. The [Republican Party](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Republican_Party "Republican Party") lost heavily in the [United States presidential election, 1976](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1976 "United States presidential election, 1976") as the result of Watergate, but it would see a resurgence under [Ronald Reagan](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Ronald_Reagan "Ronald Reagan") in 1980 as the result of the foreign policy failures of President [Jimmy Carter](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Jimmy_Carter "Jimmy Carter") and his [Democratic Party](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Democratic_Party "Democratic Party") administration. Since the scandal, the suffix "-gate" has frequently been used to describe major scandals. 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The scandal began when the five "[White House Plumbers](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/White_House_Plumbers "White House Plumbers")" - Nixon's secret operations squad - was caught while breaking into the DNC headquarters. The Washington Post journalists [Bob Woodward](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Bob_Woodward "Bob Woodward") and [Carl Bernstein](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Carl_Bernstein "Carl Bernstein") were assigned to the case, and they discovered that burglar James W. McCord, Jr. was a former [CIA](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/CIA "CIA") agent. They were later able to access the bank accounts of the burglars in [Florida](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Florida "Florida"), drawing a connection to [Kenneth H. Dahlberg](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Kenneth_H._Dahlberg "Kenneth H. Dahlberg"), a member of Nixon's re-election committee, CREEP. They soon found that the web of conspirators reached the top levels of the [Republican Party](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Republican_Party "Republican Party"), implicating White House Chief of Staff [H.R. Haldeman](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/H.R._Haldeman "H.R. Haldeman") and Attorney General [John N. Mitchell](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/John_N._Mitchell "John N. Mitchell") in the use of slush funds, [Donald Segretti](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Donald_Segretti "Donald Segretti")'s involvement in "ratfucking" smear campaigns against the [Democratic Party](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Democratic_Party "Democratic Party"), and the President himself in attempting to obstruct justice by taping his conversations and by pressuring the [CIA](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/CIA "CIA") to interfere with the [FBI](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/FBI "FBI") investigation. On 24 July 1974, the [US Supreme Court](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/US_Supreme_Court "US Supreme Court") decided that Nixon had to release his recorded tapes, including the "Smoking Gun Tape", which revealed Nixon's manipulation of the CIA to work against the FBI. Nixon faced nearly certain impeachment in the [US Congress](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/US_Congress "US Congress"), so he resigned on 9 August 1974. His successor, Gerald Ford, pardoned him on 8 September 1974, costing Ford re-election in 1976. Watergate had a profound impact on American culture and society. The American people no longer had faith in their government, and they began to focus on their personal interests instead of the national interest; this led to the 1970s becoming dominated by the "Me generation", which would go on to engage in a "decade of excess" during the 1980s. The [Republican Party](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Republican_Party "Republican Party") lost heavily in the [United States presidential election, 1976](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1976 "United States presidential election, 1976") as the result of Watergate, but it would see a resurgence under [Ronald Reagan](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Ronald_Reagan "Ronald Reagan") in 1980 as the result of the foreign policy failures of President [Jimmy Carter](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Jimmy_Carter "Jimmy Carter") and his [Democratic Party](https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Democratic_Party "Democratic Party") administration. Since the scandal, the suffix "-gate" has frequently been used to describe major scandals.
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