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
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That's as high a drama as I've seen in a government institution,
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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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Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government.
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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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A reporter's ability to keep the bond of confidentiality often enables him to learn the hidden or secret aspects of government.
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He has to operate under the rules that govern the rest of the staff -- even if he's rich and famous,
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The big worry that we should have about the country is not terrorism or hurricanes or Karl Rove or George Bush or whoever, the real thing that will bring us down as a country is secret government.
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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.
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.
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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.
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In a sense, ... whoever becomes the next president, that person becomes president in a Greenspan era.
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It's very important to understand that he provided us, at some very crucial moments, with context and certitude,
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It's very important that people trust the media.