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Watergate: The Secret Story [VHS]

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Mike Wallace puts it all together in this video of about 90 min: originally aired on CBS in 1992, this documentary covers the story wonderfully. Anyone who has interest in the saga of Watergate would have followed the scandal to some length on TV and Washington Post, you may have watched the Academy award winning movie "All the President's Men" and Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's book with the same name. This video documents the Watergate crime and eventual downfall of President Nixon. At the end of this episode several experts including, then Washington Post editor, Ben Bradley agrees that President Nixon is most fascination person. Watergate is a gripping story and mesmerizes the reader by the style of operation of White house; it has all the suspense of a drama; mafia style organization within the compounds of the White House by the very people who are sworn to defend the U.S. constitution.

The most fascinating part of the book is about the identity of Deep Throat, the "expert" commentator about Bob Woodward's sources. It is amazing that several people involved in the conspiracy and some political pundits wrongly predicted that Deep as a composite of several people or may be a White House official or from FBI. Now we know the identity of Deep Throat is none other than the number two man at the FBI, Mark Felt whose identity was revealed in June 2005. It is interesting that Mike Wallace identifies him as the likely candidate but gives up on him over a minor reason that he was a non smoker in 1970s. Bob Woodward claims that he was a chain smoker, and that is what we saw in the movie version; the part of Deep Throat was played by actor Hal Holbrook. The video also interviews Katharine Graham owner of Washington Post very briefly: Highly recommended to all interested in the Watergate scandal

1. All the President's Men
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I ran across this documentary when I was doing a presentation in my high school law class. I was interested in the Watergate Scandal, but this documentary turned me into quite the fanatic! It does a great job of covering all the bases! It's very informative and engaging! I liked it so much that I have to buy it!