All the President's Men Criminality Quotes

The movie opens with a crime, but not a slick heist on the caliber of the Thomas Crown Affair. It's an inept break-in that is discovered in about ten seconds. You know off the bat that we're not dealing with criminal masterminds.

This is the first red flag on this break-in. How can $30 be in $100 bills?! Actually, the bigger question is why would robbers keep all this cash on them? They're not that bright.

In the newsroom, there's lots of spitballing as to what the true nature of the crime might be. Everyone knows there is more to the break-in than they suspect. They just don't know what it is yet.