Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in the offices of the Washington Post. [Source: Bettmann / Corbis] Washington Post reporter Bob…
James McCord demonstrates a bugging device during his testimony. [Source: Bettmann / Corbis] Convicted Watergate burglar James McCord testifies behind…
Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward once again meets with his FBI background source, W. Mark Felt—known around the Post offices…
After the press reports that the Watergate burglars will receive cash payments in return for their guilty pleas and their…
A confident G. Gordon Liddy leaves the courtroom. [Source: Bettmann / Corbis] The trial of the seven men accusing of…
Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Robert Meyers interview Donald Segretti, a Nixon campaign operative (see June 27, 1971, and…
FBI agents are now convinced that the Watergate break-in (see 2:30 a.m.June 17, 1972) is one example of actions conducted…
Around 2 a.m., Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward meets his FBI source, W. Mark Felt (popularly called “Deep Throat”—see May…
Carl Bernstein, Katherine Graham, and Bob Woodward discuss the newspaper’s Watergate coverage. [Source: Southern Methodist University] The Washington Post reports…
Hugh Sloan. [Source: Washington Post] The former treasurer for the Campaign to Re-elect the President (CREEP), Hugh Sloan, tells Washington…
Disappointed that the Watergate burglary indictments do not extend further than the five burglars and their two handlers (see 2:30…
Accused Watergate burglar Bernard Barker after being arraigned in June 1972. [Source: Wally McNamee / Corbis] The first indictments against…
Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein interviews a reluctant source, a bookkeeper for the Committee to Re-elect the President (CREEP). In…
The New York Times publishes an article alleging that Watergate burglar Bernard Barker (see 2:30 a.m.June 17, 1972) made at…
’ChapStick’ surveillance devices similar to those destroyed by Gray. [Source: National Archives] FBI Director L. Patrick Gray meets with White…
President Nixon tells a gathering of reporters regarding the Watergate burglary (see 2:30 a.m.June 17, 1972), “The White House has…
Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein asks a former Nixon administration official about some of the White House officials who may…
White House counsel John Dean orders the opening of a safe belonging to Watergate burglar E. Howard Hunt (see 2:30…
Five burglars (see June 17, 1972) are arrested at 2:30 a.m. while breaking in to the Democratic National Committee (DNC)…
Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein learns of White House aide Charles Colson’s plan to burglarize the Brookings Institution (see June…
Donald Segretti. [Source: Spartacus Educational] Three attorneys—one the assistant attorney general of Tennessee, Alex Shipley—are asked to work as so-called…
In 1971 John Paisley began organizing sex parties in Washington. Along with CIA colleague, Donald Burton, Paisley formed the Rush…