I have written things that Republicans and Democrats and all kinds of figures have either hated or felt very uncomfortable about. Because in doing these long projects and books, you get close to the bone. And they’re not calling me up and asking me for dinner.
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…Obama said, ‘I welcome debate among my team, but I won’t tolerate division’.
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I’m not going to name some of my colleagues who are very well-known for their television presentation, but they wouldn’t know new information or how to report a story if it came up and bit them.
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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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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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They need to review this secret world. We have an incredibly powerful government that gets on automatic pilot.
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The biggest rap on me is that I don’t find a Watergate every couple of years. Well, Watergate was unique. It’s not something Carl Bernstein, I, or the Washington Post caused.
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Reporters may believe they control the story, but the story always controls the reporters.
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If there’s one thing that Trump does, he never quits.
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Watergate provides a model case study of the interaction and powers of each of the branches of government. It also is a morality play with a sad and dramatic ending.
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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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Deep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor of The Washington Post.
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Not a season passes without new disclosures showing Nixon’s numerous attempts at criminal use of his presidential powers and in fact the scorn he held for the rule of law.
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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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Good work is always done in defiance of management.
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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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