AdvertisementIn Washington, Leaking As A Way Of LifeJune 15, 2012Linton WeeksfacebookEmailPresident Richard Nixon tells reporters he will not allow his legal counsel, John Dean, to testify before Congress in the Watergate investigation, March 15, 1973. Leaks about the Watergate break-in eventually helped lead to Nixon's resignation. And his administration fought and lost a Supreme Court battle over leaking of the so-called Pentagon Papers about Vietnam. (AP)