Robert Smith And Robert Phelps, Ex-NYT Journalists, Say They Heard of Watergate First

Robert Smith And Robert Phelps, Ex-NYT Journalists, Say They Heard of Watergate First

The Watergate break-in eventually forced a presidential resignation and turned two Washington Post reporters into pop-culture heroes. But almost 37 years after the break-in, two former New York Times journalists have stepped forward to say that The Times had the scandal nearly in its grasp before The Post did -- and let it slip.

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