The Watergate break-in, the nasty cross-the-line bugging crimes that toppled an American president, took place in May and June 1972.

HOWARD HUNT, who helped organise the Watergate break-in that led to the greatest scandal in American political history and the downfall of Richard Nixon’s presidency, has died.

Howard Hunt, who helped organise the Watergate break-in that led to the greatest scandal in American political history and the downfall of Richard Nixon’s presidency, has died.

LATE on Tuesday of last week I got in to Dallas for the first time since I left there in 1973.