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He discovered the Watergate break-in, then died destitute and forgotten
From The Washington Post
It was 30 minutes after midnight on June 17, 1972, when Frank Wills, a security guard patrolling the parking garage at the Watergate office complex in Washington, noticed masking tape covering locks on a stairwell door. Wills thought perhaps the maintenance crew had taped the doors to keep them from locking. The 24-year-old ripped off…Read more…
AP News - Watergate 50th Meets Jan. 6th Common Thread: Thirst for Power
From AP News
WASHINGTON (AP) — The wreckage of Watergate and Jan. 6 are a half-century apart yet rooted in the same ancient thirst for power at any cost. Two presidents, wily and profane, tried an end run around democracy. Mysteries from both affairs endure as the House inquiry into the Jan. 6, 2021, uprising at the Capitol…Read more…
The Watergate Hearings, 50 Years Ago: Truth Was Not Up for Debate
From The New York Times

On the anniversary of the June 17, 1972, break-in, alumni of the hearings gather for a reunion. They had it easier than the Jan. 6 committee, they say.
Watergate Break-In 50th Anniversary
From C-SPAN
Former Counsel and staff of the Senate Watergate Committee, along with the special prosecutors, lawyers and journalists who played a role in the political scandal, mark the 50th anniversary of the break-in.
Bob Woodward recounts the Watergate story in an art museum
From National Public Radio
Fifty years after Watergate, former government staffers hope we can learn from the past.
From Monterey County Weekly
In pictures: The Watergate scandal
From CNN

How Journalists Wrestle With Covering Threats to Democracy
From The New York Times

A new report challenges news outlets to provide richer, more urgent coverage of the rise of authoritarian movements in the United States and abroad.
We All Have a Duty to Ensure That What Happened on Jan. 6 Never Happens Again
From The New York Times

The Washington Post Unveils Coverage Plans Ahead of the 50th Watergate Anniversary
From The Washington Post

Special live programming includes a conversation with legendary journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, plus exclusive new details, a look at never before published handwritten notes and more in The Post Magazine. The Washington Post today unveiled its coverage plans around the 50th anniversary of the Watergate break-in. Legendary journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein…Read more…
January 6 Is a Dangerous Shorthand
From The Atlantic

Just as Watergate was not only about the Watergate break-in, January 6 shouldn’t come to stand only for the events of that date.
Garrett Graff on His Book Watergate: A New History
From C-Span Washington Journal
Barry Sussman, Washington Post Watergate Editor, Dies at 87
From The New York Times
Woodward and Bernstein Thought Nixon Defined Corruption. Then Came Trump.
From The Washington Post

CNN Sets June 5 Debut For Watergate Documentary Series ‘Blueprint For A Scandal’
From Deadline
CNN will debut Watergate: Blueprint for a Scandal, with John Dean offering his first-hand account of the break in that brought down Richard Nixon’s presidency, on June 5. Dean, former White House counsel for Nixon, serves as an executive producer on the project, with the debut tied to the 50th anniversary of the break in.…Read more…
What to Remember About Watergate
From The New York Times
How My Grandfather Helped Bring Down the Nixon Presidency
From The Atlantic
Smithsonian to mark Watergate 50th anniversary with political art show
From The Washington Times
Images of former President Richard Nixon — ranging from mixed-media caricatures to political cartoons — will launch a 50th anniversary exhibit of the Watergate Hotel break-in at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery this month. “Watergate: Portraiture and Intrigue” spotlights the June 17, 1972, break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters, which led to Nixon’s…Read more…
Watergate 50th Anniversary: Dwight Chapin
From The Washington Post

Dwight L. Chapin served as the secretary and deputy assistant to President Richard M. Nixon from 1969 to 1973. As Nixon’s personal aide during the 1968 presidential campaign, Chapin crisscrossed the country at Nixon’s side, rising to become one of the president’s senior White House staffers and closest confidantes. Chapin, who was convicted in 1974…Read more…
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