Bernstein called back to the Post newsroom as soon as he landed and asked Sussman whether he should head to Mexico City. In what Bradlee’s biographer Jeff Himmelman would call “arguably the most important decision made by any Post editor during the initial phase of Watergate,” Sussman told Bernstein to stay in Miami and dig into what he could find there.II The reporter spent the rest of the day trying to coax information out of the state’s attorney; he ultimately not only confirmed that the four checks were exactly as described in the Times, but also learned of a fifth check, from someone
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