Saturday, October 09, 1971

• Nixon learns of the failed break in attempt from Ehrlichman who leaves out most of the key details to keep the President mostly in the dark.

Monday, October 09, 1972

• In their early morning garage meeting, Felt/Deep Throat tells Woodward "There is a way to untie the Watergate knot." Adding that the intelligence gathering from CRP just got out of hand. Felt confirms Mitchell was involved, but only Nixon and Mitchell can say how deeply he was in. During Mitchell's investigation after June 17, he uncovered far more than he expected. Howard Hunt was even tapped to get information for Mitchell, but that ended quickly with Ehrlichman firing him and Hunt leaving town. Felt won't go into specifics about how things were connected beyond saying nothing was an isolated event. He says Mitchell knew his fate early on after the break in.
• Felt/Deep Throat details the different undercover operations groups including one related to CRP advertising, one that gathered intelligence for the Democratic and Republican conventions, one that gathered intelligence for primaries, and the Howard Hunt group, which reported to Charles Colson, that did the most damaging operations.
• Felt/Deep Throat confirms that the FBI limited their investigation to only the events of June 17 and it was clear perjury from Sally Harmony and others had taken place.
• Woodward continues to push Felt/Deep Throat for specifics that he can actually print, but Felt/Deep Throat resists. Woodward presses saying it's time to stop playing games. Felt/Deep Throat relents and says it's safe to say that more than fifty people in the White House and CRP were involved in spying, sabotage, and intelligence gathering. The FBI and Justice Department know all this, but haven't followed up. "It's all in the files" (Note: No investigation ever concluded that fifty people were involved.)
• In the morning, Woodward and Bernstein begin crafting stories based on the latest information from Felt/Deep Throat. Another reporter, Marilyn Berger, asks Bernstein if he knows that Ken Clawson wrote the Canuck Letter. Bernstein is shocked and suspicious of the timing, but Clawson had told her this some weeks earlier.
• Berger has lunch with Clawson to try and get more details. When she tells him Woodward and Bernstein are working on big story tracing the Canuck letter to the White House, Clawson says he'll deny having written it.
• Clawson calls Woodward and says he did not admit to writing the Canuck letter, but Woodward says they are standing by Berger's account. Clawson calls Berger and begs her not to mention that the conversation took place in her apartment, but she tells him she already has. He's incredulous saying "Marilyn, I have a wife and a family and a dog and cat," but Berger thinks he should be more concerned about admitting to writing the letter than where he mentioned it to her.

Tuesday, October 09, 1973

• After several days of attempted negotiations with Agnew, Richardson decides the Vice President can avoid prison as long as he resigns and the evidence against him is released.