Bernstein learns from a source that Colson wanted to start a fire at The Brookings Institution. Caulfield panicked and told Dean who flew to California to see Ehrlichman. Ehrlichman was unhappy Dean was involved, but agreed to call the whole thing off. There were documents the White House needed in the building, but didn’t think they could break in so a fire seemed the next best option. Colson denies the report.