I have gone on the air and announced my telephone number at the Washington Post. I go into the night, talking to people, looking for things. The great dreaded thing every reporter lives with is what you don't know. The…

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Any suggestion that I'm writing about political operatives because I'm interested in political operatives misses...

Any suggestion that I'm writing about political operatives because I'm interested in political operatives misses...

I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama...

I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama...

I don't think there will ever be a permanent truce, but I believe the media...

I don't think there will ever be a permanent truce, but I believe the media...

I recently read some of the transcripts of Nixon's Watergate tapes, and they spent hours...

I recently read some of the transcripts of Nixon's Watergate tapes, and they spent hours...

Watergate is an immensely complicated scandal with a cast of characters as varied as a...

Watergate is an immensely complicated scandal with a cast of characters as varied as a...

I have written things that Republicans and Democrats and all kinds of figures have either...

I have written things that Republicans and Democrats and all kinds of figures have either...

When you practice reporting for as long as I have, you keep yourself at a...

When you practice reporting for as long as I have, you keep yourself at a...

I don't think voters give a hoot about the character of their political advisors, except...

I don't think voters give a hoot about the character of their political advisors, except...

Not a season passes without new disclosures showing Nixon's numerous attempts at criminal use of...

Not a season passes without new disclosures showing Nixon's numerous attempts at criminal use of...

I think that everyone is kind of confused about the information they get from the...

I think that everyone is kind of confused about the information they get from the...

The fact of the Watergate cover-up is not nearly as interesting as the step into...

The fact of the Watergate cover-up is not nearly as interesting as the step into...

The cloud of doubt that surrounds political figures tends to remain and never dissipate or...

The cloud of doubt that surrounds political figures tends to remain and never dissipate or...

I believe there's too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read...

I believe there's too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read...

There's hostility to lying, and there should be.

There's hostility to lying, and there should be.

The central dilemma in journalism is that you don't know what you don't know.

The central dilemma in journalism is that you don't know what you don't know.

It would seem that the Watergate story from beginning to end could be used as...

It would seem that the Watergate story from beginning to end could be used as...

I suspect there have been a number of conspiracies that never were described or leaked...

I suspect there have been a number of conspiracies that never were described or leaked...

Deep Throat's information, and in my view, courage, allowed the newspaper to use what he...

Deep Throat's information, and in my view, courage, allowed the newspaper to use what he...

The Washington Times wrote a story questioning the authenticity of some of the suggestions made...

The Washington Times wrote a story questioning the authenticity of some of the suggestions made...

I have found people don't want to be told. That they can figure it out.

I have found people don't want to be told. That they can figure it out.