10. Journalists Discovered the Link
The president actively prevented an investigation into the events surrounding the break-in. With law enforcement stymied, a pair of journalists – Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein – unraveled the timeline and presented the facts in the New York Times. They were aided by an FBI informant known only as Deep Throat; 33 years later, he was revealed to be William Mark Felt, Sr., then the deputy director of the FBI.