The Breaking Of Richard Nixon

April, 1978

The Breaking of Richard NixonIn the summer of 1976, David Frost's editorial team in Washington—Bob Zelnick, I and, later, for a time, free-lancer Phil Stanford—was hoping to come up with a scoop. This meant plowing over ground that had been worked not only by the Rodino and Ervin committees but also by some 200 journalists in Washington for more than two years. The prospect did not seem encouraging to me, but I was wrong.In September, Stanford arranged for an interview with Charles Colson. I ask...