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Watergate saw the FBI take down Nixon through leaks to the press., not independent journalism. Without Felt the story would have been buried:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/washington/19felt.html?_r=...

This suggests a more practical remedy to political abuses - more checks and balances and a weaker multiparty system (avoid centralization of power). The Bush years stand in contrast as to the difficulty of effectively holding abuses of power in check when a single party dominates almost all branches of government.




And right now you have Democrats almost anywhere.

How about introducing a proportional system? Or approval voting?




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