The Real Watergate Story: How the Deep State Removed Nixon

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For decades, Americans have accepted the Watergate narrative as a triumph of investigative journalism over corrupt power. We were told that two intrepid Washington Post reporters brought down a criminal president through dogged reporting and a commitment to truth. But what if the story we've been told is itself the cover-up? What if Watergate wasn't the exposure of a conspiracy, but the conspiracy itself—a sophisticated deep state operation to remove the most popularly elected president in U.S. history?

The evidence, when examined without the filter of official narrative, points to something far more sinister than a "third-rate burglary." It reveals a coup orchestrated by unelected intelligence officials who used a naval intelligence officer turned reporter, the FBI's second-in-command, and a team of CIA operatives to destroy a president who had begun asking dangerous questions about who really runs America.

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The Absurdity of Bob Woodward's Rise

Consider the official story of Bob Woodward. We're told that a rookie reporter, barely a year into his journalism career, just happened to break the biggest political scandal in American history. But examine Woodward's background and the narrative begins to crumble.

Before joining the Washington Post in 1971, Woodward was a naval intelligence officer. He had briefed at the White House Situation Room. He had top-secret clearance and connections throughout the intelligence community. Then, with virtually no journalism experience, he lands at the Post and within months is working the story that would destroy a presidency.

As Tucker Carlson points out: "Richard Nixon was taken out by the FBI and CIA with the help of Bob Woodward. A Washington Post reporter and naval intelligence officer working in the Nixon White House. He's the lead guy on the biggest story in Washington Post history. And who was his main source for Watergate? Oh, the number two guy at the FBI."

The absurdity becomes clear when you state it plainly: a naval intelligence officer working with the FBI's deputy director to destroy the president. If this happened in Guatemala, we'd immediately recognize it as a coup. But because it happened here, wrapped in the mythology of crusading journalism, we've been blind to the obvious.

The CIA's Fingerprints on the Break-In

The Watergate break-in itself bears all the hallmarks of an intelligence operation—perhaps deliberately designed to fail. Of the seven men involved in the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters, six were CIA employees or assets. These weren't amateur political operatives; they were trained intelligence professionals who somehow managed to get caught in an operation so sloppy it defies belief.

Why would experienced CIA operatives tape a door latch horizontally, ensuring it would be noticed? Why would they carry identification linking them to the White House? Either these were the most incompetent intelligence operatives in history, or they were meant to be caught. The latter explanation becomes more plausible when you consider who benefited from their capture: the same intelligence agencies seeking to remove Nixon from power.

The Agnew Setup: Clearing the Succession

Before they could remove Nixon, the deep state had another problem: Vice President Spiro Agnew. An outsider who shared Nixon's distrust of the intelligence community and establishment media, Agnew would have become president if Nixon fell. The solution? Remove him first.

In 1973, just as Watergate was heating up, Agnew was suddenly hit with corruption charges from his time as Maryland governor. The timing was perfect—too perfect. Within months, Agnew was gone, forced to resign over relatively minor infractions that pale in comparison to the corruption routinely overlooked in Washington.

With Agnew out, the path was clear to install Gerald Ford as vice president. And who was Ford? The only unelected president in U.S. history, a man who had served on the Warren Commission—the very body that covered up the truth about JFK's assassination. As Carlson notes: "He only got to be his VP because Carl Albert, the Democrat speaker of the house, said we will only confirm him when they sent the actual elected VP away for tax evasion—Spiro Agnew of Maryland. A complete setup."

Nixon's Dangerous Knowledge

Why did the deep state need Nixon gone so desperately? The answer may lie in what Nixon knew—and what he was beginning to investigate. "Nixon was interested in why they killed JFK and he didn't think it was a lone gunman murdered by another lone gunman," Carlson reveals. "He understood the bureaucracy was really in control of the country, not elected officials, and that's a massive threat because it's true."

Nixon had been vice president during the Eisenhower administration. He knew about the CIA's assassination programs, the Bay of Pigs, and what he cryptically referred to as "that whole Bay of Pigs thing"—widely believed to be a reference to the JFK assassination. When he tried to use this knowledge to contain the Watergate investigation, telling the CIA to call off the FBI, he sealed his fate.

The Military Coup That Almost Was

The determination to remove Nixon went beyond political maneuvering. According to military sources, if Nixon had refused to resign, there was a plan for an actual military coup. "There was gonna be an attempted coup on Nixon if he didn't resign," reveals a two-star general quoted in recent accounts. "The 82nd Airborne division was the battalion out there on alert. They were going to circle the White House."

This isn't conspiracy theory—this is testimony from military officials about contingency plans to physically remove a sitting president. The chief of staff reportedly refused to relay orders from the White House, effectively cutting Nixon off from military command. The message was clear: resign or be removed by force.

Woodward and Deep Throat: Intelligence Assets, Not Journalists

The revelation that the anonymous source behind the leak AKA  "Deep Throat" was Mark Felt, the FBI's number two official, should have triggered a complete reexamination of Watergate. Instead, it was treated as merely solving a mystery about sourcing. But think about what this means: the FBI's deputy director was secretly feeding information to a former naval intelligence officer to destroy the president.

"It was framed in the way I accepted for decades—'this intrepid reporter fought power,'" Carlson admits. "No, this reporter was a tool of secret power to bounce the single most popular president in US history." The narrative of Woodward and Bernstein as brave journalists speaking truth to power is perhaps the most successful disinformation campaign in American history. They weren't challenging power—they were agents of the true power, the permanent bureaucracy that operates regardless of elections.

The Aftermath: Mission Accomplished

Look at what followed Nixon's removal, and the deep state's motives become clear:

• Gerald Ford, Warren Commission member, becomes president without a single vote

• Ford immediately pardons Nixon, preventing any trial that might expose uncomfortable truths

• The Church Committee conducts a limited hangout, revealing some intelligence abuses while protecting the deeper structure

• The intelligence agencies emerge more powerful than ever

• No one is held accountable for the coup

"Nixon was elected by more votes than any president in US history in the 1972 election, and two years later he's gone," Carlson observes. "Undone by a naval intel officer, the number two guy at the FBI, and a bunch of CIA employees. You tell me what that is. That's a deep state coup. Those are the undisputed facts."

The Coup Disguised as Accountability

The real lesson of Watergate isn't that the system worked—it's that the system worked to protect itself from democratic accountability. When a president began to challenge the permanent bureaucracy, when he started asking questions about who really killed JFK, when he tried to assert executive control over intelligence agencies, he was removed.

Although Richard Nixon was undeniably guilty of political espionage and obstruction of justice, the deeper story of Watergate reveals something far more disturbing than a president brought to justice. Mark Felt, the so-called "Deep Throat," was no ordinary whistleblower—he was the Deputy Director of the FBI, leaking classified information to a former naval intelligence officer turned reporter. What we've celebrated for fifty years as investigative journalism was, in truth, a carefully executed coup from within.

The mainstream narrative—corrupt president brought down by brave journalists—is itself the cover-up. It obscures the real story: that unelected intelligence officials can remove any elected president who threatens their power. They did it in 1974, and the precedent stands. Yes, Nixon committed crimes. But so have many in Washington before and after him. What made Nixon unique was not what he did—it was who he challenged. And for that, he was taken out by a naval intelligence officer working with the FBI's second-in-command and a team of CIA operatives—all while we applauded.

As we watch modern politics, with its endless investigations, intelligence leaks, and media campaigns against outsider politicians, we should remember what Watergate really was. Not a victory for democracy, but a coup that taught future presidents a simple lesson: challenge the deep state at your peril. The tragedy isn't just that Nixon was removed—it's that we've spent fifty years celebrating his removal as a triumph of American democracy. We've been cheering the proof that elections don't matter, that the permanent government always wins, that those who ask too many questions will be destroyed.

That's the real Watergate story. The question now is: what do we do with this knowledge?