Saturday, July 18, 2009

The Watergate Foreclosure

The Washington complex that was the site of a burglary that led to the Watergate scandal and the resignation of U.S. President Richard Nixon is to be auctioned.
The Watergate, made famous by the 1972 burglary, will be auctioned Tuesday after owners Monument Realty, a Washington real estate developer, defaulted on a $40 million loan balance, The Washington Post reported Thursday.

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Bernard Barker, a Watergate Burglar, Dies at 92

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Saturday, December 20, 2008

Mark `Deep Throat' Felt dies at 95

W. Mark Felt, the former FBI second-in-command who revealed himself as "Deep Throat" 30 years after he tipped off reporters to the Watergate scandal that toppled a president, has died. He was 95.
Felt died Thursday in Santa Rosa, California after suffering from congestive heart failure for several months, said family friend John D. O'Connor, who wrote the 2005 Vanity Fair article uncovering Felt's secret.
The shadowy central figure in the one of the most gripping political dramas of the 20th century, Felt insisted his alter ego be kept secret when he leaked damaging information about President Richard Nixon and his aides to Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward.
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