1. "Listen, are you going to be loyal to me or to that (expletive deleted) Constitution?"

2. Carl Bernstein Washington, DC native College dropout, full-time reporter at age 19 Started working at The Washington Post in 1966 covering the local courts and police Known for “long, discursive pieces about the capital’s people and neighborhoods” Wrote music reviews

3. Bob Woodward Graduate of Yale Navy Officer Corps Joined The Washington Post in 1971, reporter for the Metro section Goes on to write best-selling books on the Clinton and Bush 43 Administrations Registered Republican

4. Ben Bradlee Executive Editor of The Washington Post from 1965 to 1991 Worked for the State Dept (in Paris) after graduating from college (Harvard) Reporter at Newseek and The Post before moving up the chain as editor In 1971, published The Pentagon Papers

5. The Plumbers James McCord and 4 others were hired to “plug up leaks” within government Reacting to events like Daniel Ellsberg’s release of The Pentagon Papers—top secret Dept. of Defense history of US involvement in Viet Nam from 1945- 1967

6. Haldeman and Ehrlichman Called himself “the president’s son of a bitch” “After the botched break-in, Haldeman spoke with Nixon about using the CIA to divert the FBI's investigation of the burglars.” WaPo Spent 18 months in prison for conspiracy and obstruction of justice President’s assistant for domestic affairs—helped direct Nixon’s domestic agenda Directed “the plumbers” Also spent 18 months in prison for conspiracy and obstruction of justice

7. John Mitchell Nixon’s former law partner Attorney General until 1972, when he resigned to head up Nixon’s re-election campaign Approved Watergate break-in, and other activities Convicted of conspiracy, perjury and obstruction of justice—served 19 months in prison. First time in US history that an AG was convicted of criminal activities

8. Richard Nixon Elected Senator (R-CA) in 1950 Two-Term Vice President to Dwight Eisenhower, elected 1952 Loses close 1960 Presidential election to John F Kennedy Loses election for Governor of California in 1962 Wins close election over Hubert Humphrey for President in 1968 Defeats George McGovern by historically large margin to win re-election in 1972 Resigns from Presidency August, 1974

9. Nixon’s View of Presidential Power In 1977, Nixon told BBC’s David Frost, “when the president does it that means that it is not illegal” Nixon: “…If the president, for example, approves something because of the national security, or in this case because of a threat to internal peace and order of significant magnitude, then the president's decision in that instance is one that enables those who carry it out, to carry it out without violating a law.”

10. Sunday, June 18, 1972 5 Held in Plot to Bug Democrats' Office Here By Alfred E. Lewis Washington Post Staff Writer Five men, one of whom said he is a former employee of the Central Intelligence Agency, were arrested at 2:30 a.m. yesterday in what authorities described as an elaborate plot to bug the offices of the Democratic National Committee here. Three of the men were native-born Cubans and another was said to have trained Cuban exiles for guerrilla activity after the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion. They were surprised at gunpoint by three plain-clothes officers of the metropolitan police department in a sixth floor office at the plush Watergate, 2600 Virginia Ave., NW, where the Democratic National Committee occupies the entire floor. There was no immediate explanation as to why the five suspects would want to bug the Democratic National Committee offices or whether or not they were working for any other individuals or organizations.

11. Nixon Tapes, June 23, 1972 Haldeman and Nixon discuss response to break-in. Haldeman and Nixon discuss response to break-in

12. Friday, September 29, 1972 Mitchell Controlled Secret GOP Fund By Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward Washington Post Staff Writers John N. Mitchell, while serving as U.S.Attorney General, personally controlled a secret Republican fund that was used to gather information about the Democrats, according to sources involved in the Watergate investigation. Beginning in the spring of 1971, almost a year before he left the Justice Department to become President Nixon's campaign manager on March 1, Mitchell personally approved withdrawals from the fund, several reliable sources have told The Washington Post.

13. Tuesday, October 10, 1972 FBI Finds Nixon Aides Sabotaged Democrats By Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward Washington Post Staff Writers FBI agents have established that the Watergate bugging incident stemmed from a massive campaign of political spying and sabotage conducted on behalf of President Nixon's re-election and directed by officials of the White House and the Committee for the Re-election of the President. The activities, according to information in FBI and Department of Justice files, were aimed at all the major Democratic presidential contenders and -- since 1971 -- represented a basic strategy of the Nixon re-election effort. During their Watergate investigation, federal agents established that hundreds of thousands of dollars in Nixon campaign contributions had been set aside to pay for an extensive undercover campaign aimed at discrediting individual Democratic presidential candidates and disrupting their campaigns. "Intelligence work" is normal during a campaign and is said to be carried out by both political parties. But federal investigators said what they uncovered being done by the Nixon forces is unprecedented in scope and intensity.

14. Watergate Tapes, Oct 15, 1972 Ehrlichman and Nixon discuss strategy in dealing with Post. (3:42) Ehrlichman and Nixon discuss strategy in dealing with Post