Dardis (November 25, 1922 – May 16, 2006) was an American soldier, policeman, investigator and reporter.
As the chief investigator for the Dade County, Florida, state attorney in 1972, he was a key figure in the Watergate scandal, linking the Watergate burglars to President Richard Nixon's reelection campaign.
He passed this information along to Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein.
Later, as a reporter for Sports Illustrated, he broke the story of baseball player Pete Rose's gambling.