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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.

Bob Woodward

Even now there is no evidence that anyone involved in the Nixon operation was going to threaten us.
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Evidence Literature Operations
I deal with first-hand sources. And give the people, even John Sununu, the opportunity to respond to what I’ve been told by first-hand sources.
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Hands Opportunity People
We need to police ourselves in the media.
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Media Needs Police
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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Iceberg Map Scandal Tip
Reporters may believe they control the story, but the story always controls the reporters.
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Believe May Stories
Deep Throat’s information, and in my view, courage, allowed the newspaper to use what he knew and suspected.
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Information Use Views
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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Hands Literature Newspaper Television
I gave my word that this source would not be identified unless he changed his mind. He has not…
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Literature Mind Source
Lawyers didn’t seriously get involved in the Watergate stories until quite late, when we realized we were on to something.
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Lawyer Literature Stories
I recently did the David Letterman Show about my book. He was very serious and made no jokes and it caught me off guard a little bit. He was much more serious than some of the joke shows that journalists get on.
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Book Jokes Literature Littles Serious
Deep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor of The Washington Post.
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Editors Names Source
I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyrotechnics associated with us.
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Drama Quality Thinking
If there’s one thing that Trump does, he never quits.
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never One Quit Quitting
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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Government Motherhood Play
Watergate is not the sort of issue that changes the vote. I don’t know anyone who has changed their vote because of it.
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Issues Politics Vote
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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People Stories Wisdom

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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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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