All the President's Men

Deep Throat amends his initial statement of fifty to more than fifty.

Woodward was stunned. Fifty people directed by the White House and CRP to destroy the opposition, no holds barred? Deep Throat nodded. The White House had been willing to subvert—was that the right word?—the whole electoral process? Had actually gone ahead and tried to do it? Another nod. Deep Throat looked queasy. And hired fifty agents to do it? “You can safely say more than fifty,” Deep Throat said. Then he turned, walked up the ramp and out. It was nearly 6:00 A.M.