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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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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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.
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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.
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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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.
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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,
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The grand jury was going and reporters were being jailed, and I hunkered down more than I usually do,
grand jury reporters
The grand jury was going, and reporters were being jailed, and I hunkered down more than I usually do,