We’re not going to have another Watergate in our lifetime. I’m sure.
BOB WOODWARDLawyers didn’t seriously get involved in the Watergate stories until quite late, when we realized we were on to something.
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They need to review this secret world. We have an incredibly powerful government that gets on automatic pilot.
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I gave my word that this source would not be identified unless he changed his mind. He has not…
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I recently read some of the transcripts of Nixon’s Watergate tapes, and they spent hours trying to figure out who was leaking and providing information to Carl and myself.
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The fact of the Watergate cover-up is not nearly as interesting as the step into making the cover-up. And when you understand the step, you understand that Richard Nixon lied. That he was a criminal.
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Deep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor of The Washington Post.
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Newspapers that are truly independent, like The Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or anything with no holds barred.
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…Obama said, ‘I welcome debate among my team, but I won’t tolerate division’.
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After Nixon resigned in 1974, he engaged in a very aggressive war with history, attempting to wipe out the Watergate stain and memory. Happily, history won, largely because of Nixon’s tapes.
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I don’t think it’s useful for somebody to argue with reviews.
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The Washington Times wrote a story questioning the authenticity of some of the suggestions made about me in Silent Coup. But as a believer in the First Amendment, I believe they have more than a right to air their views.
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Some newspapers have a hands-off policy on favored politicians. But it’s generally very small newspapers or local TV stations.
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I don’t think voters give a hoot about the character of their political advisors, except to the extent that character reflects on the candidates.
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Deep Throat’s information, and in my view, courage, allowed the newspaper to use what he knew and suspected.
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There is a garbage culture out there, where we pour garbage on people. Then the pollsters run around and take a poll and say, do you smell anything?
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I think the problem in the Republican Party is really not money. I think they’ve got lots of it. I think it is theory of the case – why are we here, what is our message, how to connect to the real world.
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