By John R. Quain Twenty-four years ago, I spent most of the summer glued to the television. Watergate 25 Produced by the Washington Post, home of the two reporters who broke the story, Watergate 25 is a first-rate overview and look back at the events following June 17, 1972.
Visitors can begin by refreshing their memories about what transpired by following a timeline.
The timeline takes you from Nixon's election in 1968 to his resignation in 1974. The chronology is not nearly as detailed as it should be, but it is linked to original stories that ran at the time in the Washington Post. Following the original reports is fascinating in itself as more and more becomes known about the scope of the conspiracy and Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover more evidence. The source of information for much of Woodward and Bernstein's investigative work was the shadowy figure known only as Deep Throat. Today, we know Deep Throat is alive, but still anonymous.