The Watergate burglary and arrests were noteworthy, but the scandal did not heat up or capture the public's attention for four months. So, why does it matter if the Washington Post's widely reprinted burglary arrest reporting was missing key details? What were those missing details, and were they of history-shaping effect? And if the Washington Post knew of these details but failed to report on them, why would they want to create, rather than solve, one of the Mysteries of Watergate?
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