40 years on, Watergate crime scene is forgotten

By Jessica Gresko

Published June 16, 2012 7:44pm ET

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40 years on, Watergate crime scene is forgotten — This photo taken May 30, 2012 shows a view of the Watergate complex from the top floor of the Watergate Office Building in Washington Forty years ago police in Washington arrested five men breaking in to the Democratic National Committee offices in Washington. The name of the complex they were breaking into became infamous: the Watergate. These days, though, unless you know where to look, thereâs little marking the location of the 1972 crime that ultimately led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. The office building that was the site of the break in is still in use, though the tenants have changed. The adjacent hotel where the burglars stayed is currently closed. And another hotel across the street where a lookout waited with a walkie-talkie, monitoring the burglarsâ progress, has been turned into a college dorm. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) | Susan Walsh

WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Watergate complex was built in the 1960s, it was just a group of buildings on the western edge of the nation’s capital. Then, 40 years ago Sunday, police in Washington arrested five men breaking into the office of the Democratic National Committee there.

Scandals, from Monicagate to Troopergate, haven’t been the same since.

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