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Silbert pursued the Watergate burglars and two co-conspirators in an early investigation of the scandal that drove President Richard M. Nixon from office.

He was a no nonsense judge. he was actually a very conservative judge, throw the book at them kind of judge. >> there was a prosecutor in the courtroom, and judge sirica felt early on that he wasn't pursuing the idea that this went higher than these five burglars. >> he couldn't believe that the prosecution was so inept. why was it being cut off at the burglar level? why wasn't it going higher? >> earl silbert, who was the chief prosecutor u.s. attorney had a philosophy that if you're going go after the higher up, the higher up they are, the more you have to have them by the balls, and did not...

Many important players in the Watergate saga had Harvard connections.

Both Nixon and Trump have been willing prisoners of their compulsions to dominate, and to gain and hold political power through virtually any means. In leaning so heavily on these dark impulses, they defined two of the most dangerous and troubling eras in American history.

Book at them kind of judge. >> there was a prosecutor in the courtroom, and judge sirica felt early on that he wasn't pursuing the idea that this went higher than these five burglars. >> he couldn't believe that the prosecution was so inept. why was it being cut off at the burglar level? why wasn't it going higher? >> earl silbert, who was the chief prosecutor u.s. attorney, had a philosophy that if you're going go after the higher up, the higher up they are, the more you are to have them by the balls, and did not feel that they had enough of it. >> and he kept saying to the prosecutor, "you'r...