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
work believe independent
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.
patience believe television
I believe there's too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television.
believe air views
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.
believe issues people
Clinton... believes that the Washington Press Corps is so out of touch that it is absolutely inconceivable that reporters would understand the issues that people are really dealing with in their lives.
believe thinking air
I don't think there will ever be a permanent truce, but I believe the media needs to be more careful and be willing to count to 10 before rushing on the air or into print.
believe stories may
Reporters may believe they control the story, but the story always controls the reporters.
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.
taken
I should have, as I have many, many times, taken him into my confidence. And I did not.
denounce great tradition white
There's a great tradition in the White House, if you don't like the story, you denounce the reporter.
aggressive agreeing caused change element engagement forced job less protect reporter reporters reporting secretive sure terms
The terms of engagement change when a reporter and reporters are being subpoenaed, agreeing to testify, being forced to testify, being jailed. That's the new element in this. And what it did, it caused me to become even more secretive about sources, and to protect them. I couldn't do my job if I couldn't protect them. And to really make sure that I don't become part of this process, but not to be less aggressive in reporting the news.
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Given Cheney's background on national security going back to the Ford years, his time on the House Intelligence Committee, and as secretary of defense, Bush said at the top of his list of things he wanted Cheney to do was intelligence. In the first months of the new administration, Cheney made the rounds of the intelligence agencies - the CIA, the National Security Agency, which intercepted communications, and the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency.
deal secret
I don't say there's a secret deal or any collaboration on this,
ben
If Ben - I would have told him - and I should have told Len in this case,
case detail explained habit job keeping protect trying
I explained in detail that I was trying to protect my sources. That's job No. 1 in a case like this, ... 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.