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Saturday, September 16, 1972

  • Woodward reads Felt/Deep Throat a draft of a story saying high ranking officials from CRP had been involved in the paying for the Watergate break in. Felt says the payouts go beyond Watergate to "other intelligence-gathering activities."
  • George McGovern calls the Watergate investigation a "whitewash."

"The central question at this point is simply put. What the did the President know, and when did he know it?"

Howard Baker | Senator