
Column: Woodward and Bernstein, 40 Years Later, Nixon Was Far Worse Than We Thought
By Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward Washington Post As Sen. Sam Ervin completed his 20-year Senate career in 1974 and issued his final report as chairman of the Senate Watergate committee, he posed the question: “What was Watergate?” Countless answers have been offered in the 40 years since June 17, 1972, when a team of…