It was during the Watergate scandal that events caused people involved with the break in to talk. The revelations of Deep Throat (Mark Felt) was a big incentive. One of the Watergate burglars, James McCord, fearing a perjury charge, wrote to Judge John Sirica claiming that he had gave false testimony by lying about the nature of the burglary. Ironically it was this time of the year (March of 1973) that John Dean began co-operating with Watergate prosecutors and FBI director Patrick Gray resigned as head of the FBI after it emerged he had destroyed files connected to the scandal. If Hillary Clinton had been President instead of Nixon, Watergate would not even be a word.
“Ironically it was this time of the year (March of 1973) that John Dean began co-operating with Watergate prosecutors...”
Beware the ides of March, Thursday March 15, 2018.