Bob Woodward
Bob Woodward
Robert Upshur "Bob" Woodwardis an American investigative journalist and non-fiction author. He has worked for The Washington Post since 1971 as a reporter and is now an associate editor of the Post...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth26 March 1943
CityGeneva, IL
CountryUnited States of America
clinton president served talk
Clinton said no president ever who served would talk like that, as if it is out of his hand,
drama government high seen
That's as high a drama as I've seen in a government institution,
issue
The issue is not the plan. The issue is the decision,
I just wanted to see how many rich, war-mongering Republicans there are here.
hear
I hear you have a bombshell; would you let me in on it,
abuse against almost criminal fbi grand instrument lie nixon order personal presidency regularly screw using
Not only did he regularly order criminal activity, lie to grand juries, stonewall the grand jury, abuse the CIA, the FBI and the IRS, it was almost as if Nixon was using the presidency as an instrument of personal revenge, ... Screw so-and-so who was against Nixon.
american-journalist whether
If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's too soft or too hard, about 999 would say too hard.
believe biggest duty free liberate word
He told me 'I believe we have a duty to free the people, to liberate the people,' ... And I believe duty is the biggest word for a president.
endlessly man sure
He's a man of conscience, and I'm sure he's been interviewed endlessly about why he did it,
information newspaper protecting relationship
I am protecting not a person but a relationship in the information I get for my newspaper and books,
becomes cut newspapers
If you want to cut that off, go read the newspapers in China. The news becomes part of the party.
ask case draw economic group hand line nixon people quite raise rule straight terms
If you were to ask the same group of people 25 years ago, after Nixon resigned, 'Are you better off?' ... most people would raise their hand because it established the rule of law, ... But I wonder. You can't quite draw a line from (Nixon resigning) to the well-being of everyone. In the case of Greenspan, in terms of people's economic well being, it's a pretty straight line.
I hunkered down more than I usually do,
habit keeping
I hunkered down. I'm in the habit of keeping secrets. I didn't want anything out there that was going to get me subpoenaed.