Video: June 19, 1972 (at 1:53)

(Monday, June 19, 1972) — White House Counsel John Dean was chosen today to head up the Watergate burglary cover-up, meeting on a park bench near the White House with G. Gordon Liddy, who offered himself to be shot.

Video: Washington Post connects Watergate break-in with the White House, June 19, 1972 (at 6:23)