TIME magazine's take on Watergate in the '70s - CNN
We searched TIME magazine's vault from the '70s to relive the tumultuous times as they unfolded — events that would define a nation. It started with a burglary attempt at the offices of the Democratic National Committee in Washington's Watergate building. Five men wearing business suits and surgical gloves were caught by a security guard and arrested by police. TIME's article "Politics: The Bugs at the Watergate" from July 3, 1972, read:. The White House, through Presidential Press Secretary Ron Ziegler, at first tried to dismiss the incident as a "third-rate burglary attempt. " That it was considerably more serious became clear when the five arrested men were identified. TIME magazine named Nixon and Henry Kissinger, the President's assistant for national security affairs, "Men of the Year" for 1972. But as more evidence began to emerge, it appeared that Nixon was involved in an elaborate coverup and an attempt to... TIME's article "The Hearings: Dean's Case Against the President" from July 9, 1973, described the damning testimony from fired White House legal counsel John Dean:. Source: www.cnn.com
