 Haughey was implicated in the Arms Crisis of 1970, which nearly destroyed his career.His political reputation revived, his tenure as Taoiseach was then damaged by the sensational GUBU Affair in 1982; his party leadership was challenged four times, each time unsuccessfully, earning Haughey the nickname "The Great Houdini".Revelations about his role in a phone tapping scandal forced him to resign as Taoiseach and retire from politics in 1992.