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.
BOB WOODWARDThe 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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Nixon had some large achievements in foreign affairs. They will be remembered. But a president probably gets remembered for one thing, and Watergate will head the Nixon list, I suspect.
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It would be absurd for me or any other editor to review the authenticity or accuracy of stories that are nominated for prizes.
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When you practice reporting for as long as I have, you keep yourself at a distance from True Believers. Either conservatives or liberals or Democrats or Republicans.
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The failure of the system to deal quickly was attributable to Nixon’s lying, stonewalling and refusal to come clean. So it took 26 months for the final truth to be known.
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Many people have their reputations as reporters and analysts because they are on television, batting around conventional wisdom. A lot of these people have never reported a story.
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I believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, and ultimately an independent prosecutor working in the Executive Branch.
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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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I believe there’s too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television.
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I think that everyone is kind of confused about the information they get from the media and rightly so. I’m confused about the information I get from the media.
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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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The source known as Deep Throat provided a kind of road map through the scandal. His one consistent message was that the Watergate burglary was just the tip of the iceberg.
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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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I gave my word that this source would not be identified unless he changed his mind. He has not…
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…Obama said, ‘I welcome debate among my team, but I won’t tolerate division’.
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Finally, the president added, ‘The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic…’
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