. >> secretary ron zeigler called it a third rate burglary attempt. >> ron zeigler calling it a thirdry. that was the tip-off to us. there seemed to be nothing third grade about it except they got caught. >> they raised the stakes so high with this third rate burglary and wisdom apparent that something here was really rotton. >> nixon decided his top leiutenant's the president's men the task of mapping the falloff of a break-n. among them, chief of staff bob haldeman and presidential adviser john erlichman would become the guardians of the clandestined activities. watergate began to mon open lies more and more of their time. with -- owe monopolyize more of their time we know that because nixon had a secret recording system. e nixon had a secret recording system >>> would make one hell of a movie. but not very funny. haldeman, erlichman knew what they had to do. covered all the tracks at the white house. they started by listing another of the president's men, legal adviser john dean, would monitor die-to-day changes. >> after the watergate break-in, i really very quickly become the des