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Saturday, October 14, 1972
- Young agrees to go on the record and Woodward meets with a Justice Department attorney familiar with the case who confirms the Chapin/Segretti connection, but admits they aren't pursuing anything outside of the initial break in. When read a copy of the story the Post was working on based on Young's interview, the agent calls the story "fundamentally inaccurate." The story includes the claim that the lawyer paying for Segretti's activities was a friend of the President.
"[Regarding the Washington Post] They don't realize how rough I can play."
Richard Nixon | President of the United States