May 17, 1973

• After Woodward relays Felt/Deep Throat's revelations to Bernstein, they decide to tell Bradlee immediately. The visit their boss at 2am and Bradlee says they'll meet with the editors in the morning to determine their plan.
• The Post publishes a round up of numerous activities stemming back several years including Senator Eagleton's health records arriving in Ehrlichman's office before they were leaked and Haldeman ordering an FBI investigation of Daniel Schorr of CBS.
• The Senate Judiciary Committee convenes publicly for the first time
• A Dean associate confirms most of what Deep Throat had told Woodward. He also says Dean told Nixon it would take $1 million to deal with Hunt's blackmail, and the President said that wouldn't be a problem.
• Seymour Hersh of the New York Times reports with extensive details about the Nixon administration's original wiretap requests, many of which were signed by Kissinger.

Friday, May 17, 1974

• Sirica hears St. Clair's motion to quash the subpoena of the special prosecutor. In private, Jaworski tells St. Clair he would not reveal the President's indictment. During the hearing, however St. Clair argues that Jaworski is an employee of the Executive Branch and has no legal standing to demand tapes from the President. Jaworski is incensed and calls Haig to protest that the sentiment goes against his agreement to take the special prosecutor's job in the first place.