Woodward and Bernstein's Methods were Justified: Why do you believe citizen participation in investigation and giving all the information about the President election's financial resources to reporters is so important? Is it worth doing so?

Election campaign financing should be transparent. Politicians should listen to their constituents and not be swayed lobbyist agendas. Keeping track of where campaign funds are coming from is one way to ensure that politicians are not being bought by corporations or special interest groups. In the case of the Watergate scandal, campaign funds were used to commit and attempt to conceal a crime. If it was not for Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, and The Washington Post, it is very likely that the truth behind the Watergate incident would have never been reveled to the public and the and the guilty members of the Nixon administration would have gone unpunished. While all their methods were not entirely ethical, they were forced to use such tactics to uncover the truth. Woodward and Bernstein did not uncover the truth alone, they had to rely on employees that were brave enough to revel the truth. It was several employees, such as Deep Throat, the finance bookkeeper, and Hugh Sloane, that were willing to voice what they knew and get involved with citizen participation.They all had a lot to lose, but their conscience wouldn't let those in the Nixon administration to abuse their power. For example, the bookkeeper for the financial director knew her job was on the line and there would be serious repercussions if it was discovered that she was the one who leaked information. She would not only lose her job, but her life could have possibly been in danger. In addition,, Hugh Sloane and his pregnant wife were willing to walk away from a high profile job with a large paycheck due to the fact they couldn't bear the guilt of knowing what his employers were capable of doing to keep their party in power. If more citizens were willing to stand up for what is right, there would be less corruption in the world.