Break-In at a Doctor's Office

A senior White House adviser supervised a secret unit set up to deal with leaks of government papers. Men recruited by that unit entered a psychiatrist's office at night without a warrant, looking for the file of a patient who had leaked classified documents. The adviser said he had approved only a covert review of the patient, not a break-in, and that the president's national-security powers covered what was done. He was also accused of giving false answers about it to investigators afterwards.