but the episode grew steadily more sinister. no longer a caper, but the watergate affair escalating finally into charges of a high level campaign of political sabotage and espionage, apparently unparalleled in american history. the charges center around a man whose very name in italian is secrets. >> donald segretti. reports in major newspapers say white house aides recruited him for secret intelligence work and dirty tricks against the democrats. he went to college with several men now in the white house. he was particularly close to dwight chapin. and several press reports document recent links between chapin and segretti. a grand jury is investigating.