As it turned out, we were more authentic than we knew. I hadn't planned it, but we were filming our Watergate abstracts on the exact anniversary of the Watergate break-in, June 17th, 2006 -- 34 years to the day. That night, I went to sleep in room 214 and my Director of Photography slept above me in room 314, the two rooms rented 34 years ago by the Watergate burglars. I have to admit -- it was an eerie experience, one I'll never forget.

How could we tell the story of Watergate in a way that was different than previous programs?
It had been 34 years since the Watergate burglary and in that time, other networks and production companies had produced a number of terrific documentaries. So what was our angle? What would we do differently? For months, we researched the subject, looking for any new angle.

The results were shocking. Even 34 years after the fact, heated debates raged among key members of Nixon's staff and historians. What were the Watergate burglars looking for? What was on the 18 and a half-minute gap? And of course, "What did the President know and when did he know it?"

Rather than guess at possible answers, we turned to the best living experts, journalists and former Nixon aides, including: John Dean, Alexander Butterfield, Chuck Colson, Lesley Stahl, Ben Bradlee, G. Gordon Liddy, Leonard Garment, Lowell Weicker and Stanley Kutler. Almost immediately, I was taken aback by the connection these people felt to the Watergate story. For Lesley Stahl, it was the first major news story of her young career. For John Dean, it was a story that forced him to challenge the President of the United States. Each of them recounted the events, minute-by-minute, as if it had happened yesterday. As a result of these fascinating conversations, our program evolved into an unprecedented look behind-the-scenes inside the Nixon White House during the worst scandal in American history.