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The FBI was seeking to apprehend [[Bernadine Dohrn]] and [[William Ayers]] after they bombed the [[Pentagon]] and the [[United States Capitol]].<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/10/14/fbi-ex-aides-trial-fight-over-memos/1b2a7953-74c6-45a4-b5af-521eccd52f41/ FBI Ex-Aides' Trial: Fight Over Memos], By Laura A. Kiernan, ''Washington Post'', October 14, 1980.</ref> Dohrn, spokesperson for the [[Weather Underground]] [[terrorist]] group and author of its Declaration of War on America, was the first woman to make the FBI's Top Ten Nixon Most Wanted list. Nixon pressured the FBI for quick resolution. Deputy FBI Director [[Mark Felt]], who became a turncoat known as "Deepthroat", authorized an illegal break-in of Dohrn's sisters' apartment, Jennifer Dohrn, seeking information on the fugitives whereabouts.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=IfkBBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT88&lpg=PT88&dq=Nixon%2Bjennifer+dohrn%2Bmark+felt&source=bl&ots=HXro4m1_BP&sig=3g3vDXDDSXBP6AtutP8vrZ1aK94&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjcrueDr43NAhUK1x4KHfRuBd0Q6AEIqgEwGg#v=onepage&q=Nixon%2Bjennifer%20dohrn%2Bmark%20felt&f=false Watergate Exposed: A Confidential Informant Reveals How the President of the United States and the Watergate Burglars Were Set-Up], by Robert Merritt as told to Douglas Caddy, Original Attorney for the Watergate Seven, Trine Day, Oct 1, 2010.</ref> This became an impeachment charge against Nixon - misuse of the FBI and civil rights violations. Nixon argued it was necessary for national security in wartime. There had been ample precedents set by [[Franklin Roosevelt]] in [[World War II]] with illegal wiretaps and incarceration of American citizens of Japaneese descent based on [[racial profiling]]. We'll never know the answer to this question because Nixon resigned before any trial took place.

The FBI was seeking to apprehend [[Bernadine Dohrn]] and [[William Ayers]] after they bombed the [[Pentagon]] and the [[United States Capitol]].<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/10/14/fbi-ex-aides-trial-fight-over-memos/1b2a7953-74c6-45a4-b5af-521eccd52f41/ FBI Ex-Aides' Trial: Fight Over Memos], By Laura A. Kiernan, ''Washington Post'', October 14, 1980.</ref> Dohrn, spokesperson for the [[Weather Underground]] [[terrorist]] group and author of its Declaration of War on America, was the first woman to make the FBI's Top Ten Nixon Most Wanted list. Nixon pressured the FBI for quick resolution. Deputy FBI Director [[Mark Felt]], who became a turncoat known as "Deepthroat", authorized an illegal break-in of Dohrn's sisters' apartment, Jennifer Dohrn, seeking information on the fugitives whereabouts.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=IfkBBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT88&lpg=PT88&dq=Nixon%2Bjennifer+dohrn%2Bmark+felt&source=bl&ots=HXro4m1_BP&sig=3g3vDXDDSXBP6AtutP8vrZ1aK94&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjcrueDr43NAhUK1x4KHfRuBd0Q6AEIqgEwGg#v=onepage&q=Nixon%2Bjennifer%20dohrn%2Bmark%20felt&f=false Watergate Exposed: A Confidential Informant Reveals How the President of the United States and the Watergate Burglars Were Set-Up], by Robert Merritt as told to Douglas Caddy, Original Attorney for the Watergate Seven, Trine Day, Oct 1, 2010.</ref> This became an impeachment charge against Nixon - misuse of the FBI and civil rights violations. Nixon argued it was necessary for national security in wartime. There had been ample precedents set by [[Franklin Roosevelt]] in [[World War II]] with illegal wiretaps and incarceration of American citizens of Japaneese descent based on [[racial profiling]]. We'll never know the answer to this question because Nixon resigned before any trial took place.

Ayers and Dohrn, who became celebrities on the [[left]] and were never prosecuted, resurfaced ears later as personal family frieinds of [[Michelle Obama|Michelle]] and [[Barack Obama]]. Ayers and Dohrn introduced Obama to their friends and helped him rise from the Chicago City Council to the Illinois State House.

Ayers and Dohrn, who became celebrities on the [[left]] and were never prosecuted, resurfaced years later as personal family frieinds of [[Michelle Obama|Michelle]] and [[Barack Obama]]. Ayers and Dohrn introduced Obama to their friends and helped him rise from the Chicago City Council to the Illinois State House.

So why was it easier for Hillary to repudiate Nixon in 1974 when she joined the House impeachment committee staff, than to repudiate Goldwater when NPR finally asked her to explain why she didn't in 1996? The [[Watergate]] scandal is only the tip of the iceberg. The impeachment committee looked extensively at Nixon's "incursion"<ref>"incursion" is a better word for crossing a sovereign border than "aggression" which violates the UN Charter.</ref> into [[Cambodia]]. Goldwater had been the original non-interventionist, anti-Vietnam War candidate in 1964 with his advocacy of tactical nukes to end the conflict quickly. Johnson and Nixon, who ran as peace candidates, averaged 120 dead American service personnel ''per week'' between the two of them ''for eight solid years''. Many Goldwater supporters felt vindicated, as there certainly were no Democrats opposed to escalating the Vietnam conflict in 1964 when Goldwater was almost alone. Some Goldwater backers had more in common with the anti-war [[isolationist]]s who backed Gene McCarthy and George McGovern than the Nixon-Johnson Silent Majority war hawks.

So why was it easier for Hillary to repudiate Nixon in 1974 when she joined the House impeachment committee staff, than to repudiate Goldwater when NPR finally asked her to explain why she didn't in 1996? The [[Watergate]] scandal is only the tip of the iceberg. The impeachment committee looked extensively at Nixon's "incursion"<ref>"incursion" is a better word for crossing a sovereign border than "aggression" which violates the UN Charter.</ref> into [[Cambodia]]. Goldwater had been the original non-interventionist, anti-Vietnam War candidate in 1964 with his advocacy of tactical nukes to end the conflict quickly. Johnson and Nixon, who ran as peace candidates, averaged 120 dead American service personnel ''per week'' between the two of them ''for eight solid years''. Many Goldwater supporters felt vindicated, as there certainly were no Democrats opposed to escalating the Vietnam conflict in 1964 when Goldwater was almost alone. Some Goldwater backers had more in common with the anti-war [[isolationist]]s who backed Gene McCarthy and George McGovern than the Nixon-Johnson Silent Majority war hawks.