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But cbs had a sort of scent about this. the assignment editor sees a break-in at the national democratic committee and he looks around the newsroom and there's no one, so he sends the new kid. >> police arrested five men in the watergate with bugging equipment and copying cameras. >> reporter: they sent me to the arraignment. as the testimony went forward, you became more and more suspicious. there were $100 bills with consecutive numbers. these guys were cubans. you kept sitting up, thinking, my, this is not just a third-rate burglary. >> o'donnell: well, there's a lot more from lesslie in a ...

Who would be dumb enough to come in and work on it on this beautiful day, and my name immediately came to their lips. >> i saw all this commotion on the city desk, and it was about this break-in. and it looked like a better story than what i was writing. and so i said, hey, i'd like to make some cheques on this. >> well, i did have an apartment in the watergate, but i was far away from where the break-in took place. it was the height of the '72 primary campaign season. nixon was running for office again. the bureau was empty. i was brand new at cbs news. the assignment editor looks around and ...

In the watergate, but i was far away from where the break-in took place. it was the height of the '72 primary campaign season. nixon was running for office again. the bureau was empty. i was brand new at cbs news. the assignment editor looks around and he's like let the new girl go. i bought into the idea that it was a nothing burger. i went to the court, and the room was empty. there was one other reporter, this guy from "the washington post" metro page, and it was bob woodward. >> in come the five burglars dressed in business suits. nine months on the police beat i had never seen a burglar w...

It was the height of the '72 primary campaign season. nixon was running for office again. the bureau was empty. i was brand new at cbs news. the assignment editor looks around and he's like let the new girl go. i bought into the idea that it was a nothing burger. i went to the court, and the room was empty. there was one other reporter, this guy from "the washington post" metro page, and it was bob woodward. >> in come the five burglars dressed in business suits. nine months on the police beat i had never seen a burglar who was well-dressed. it just telegraphed mystery. >> you would little thi...

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