The real story of Watergate was not told in All the Presdient’s Men but in a book that came out years later, Silent Coup.

In reality the break in was done because RNC employee James Dean was trying to obtain a list of hookers the DNC had, a list which included his girlfriend. He knew that his ambitions were over if the DNC found out who was on that list and so concocted a scheme to steal the it.

When Silent Coup came out Woodward, Berstein, and the Washington Post sued the publisher and authors. Their legacy was being attacked and they wanted it stopped.