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Close-Up: Watergate:
The Watchdog Bites:
The Watergate scandal -- an epic tale of crime and cover-up at the highest levels of the US government -- pitted The Washington Post against the leader of the free world. It began with a break-in at the Democratic National Committee's headquarters at Washington's Watergate hotel and office complex in 1972. The Post's stories ultimately brought in the rest of the news media. Congress and the courts also investigated. The resulting exposure of White House wrongdoing led President Richard M. Nixon to resign in 1974 and earned the Post a Pulitzer Prize for public service. |