During the Summer 1972, a cheerful, confident President Nixon is just about to target the newest Western individuals

27. Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein

During the Watergate strengthening in Washington, D. C., torch beams are obvious from window off an office. Coverage guard Frank Wills finds out a bit of masking recording coating a doorway latch from the garage, and you can phone calls law enforcement so you’re able to report a prospective burglary. To the a workplace, one of several attackers announces thanks to a beneficial walkie-talkie, “We have been house. Another early morning, Harry Rosenfeld and you will Howard Simons, editors at the Arizona Article, temporarily talk about the burglary, including the considerable amounts of money, 35mm cameras and walkie-talkies found in the burglars’ fingers, additionally the proven fact that they occupied the Popular Party’s national head office. Reporter Carl Bernstein asks to cover story, however it is given to Bob Woodward.

Woodward attends new burglars’ arraignment that will be amazed to learn that he has got personal council. This new burglars, James W. McCord, Bernard Barker and you may around three other people, features an effective Mr. Leer más