Five men had been arrested after breaking into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate office building.

VOA: special.2009.04.26

They wrote a series of stories after a break-in at Democratic Party offices in the Watergate Office Building in nineteen seventy-two.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

At the crucial moment, the walkie-talkies failed and Hunt was unable to warn the burglars when he saw police vehicles drive up to the Watergate building.

NPR: E. Howard Hunt and the Watergate Break-In

In 1972, in the United States, five men were arrested for attempting to place bugging equipment at the Democratic Party National Committee headquarters in the Watergate building in Washington.

CNN: Wednesday,