![watergate.jpg](https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2012/06/17/e114b0b8-a3d5-4c32-a234-f9fb24750935/thumbnail/640x360/210f2b0469bc391822cf7cdea86e0f41/watergate.jpg?v=57e8061b2038d609da26e467de5ddfb8#)
U.S. Government Releases Once-Secret Watergate Files
Watergate Judge John J. Sirica aided the prosecution in pursuing the White House connection to the Democratic headquarters break-in by providing the special prosecutor information from a probation report in which one of the burglars said he was acting under orders from top Nixon administration officials, according to once-secret documents released Friday by the National Archives.