It was accountability that Nixon feared.

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Watergate provides a model case study of the interaction and powers of each of the...

Watergate provides a model case study of the interaction and powers of each of the...

Many people have their reputations as reporters and analysts because they are on television, batting...

Many people have their reputations as reporters and analysts because they are on television, batting...

I gave my word that this source would not be identified unless he changed his...

I gave my word that this source would not be identified unless he changed his...

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...

Newspapers that are truly independent, like The Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or...

Newspapers that are truly independent, like The Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or...

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...

Some newspapers have a hands-off policy on favored politicians. But it's generally very small newspapers...

Some newspapers have a hands-off policy on favored politicians. But it's generally very small newspapers...

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...

Lawyers didn't seriously get involved in the Watergate stories until quite late, when we realized...

Lawyers didn't seriously get involved in the Watergate stories until quite late, when we realized...

I don't think it's useful for somebody to argue with reviews.

I don't think it's useful for somebody to argue with reviews.

There are people who take rumors and embellish them in a way that can be...

There are people who take rumors and embellish them in a way that can be...

There may yet be another Watergate book. I have thought a book about the aftermath...

There may yet be another Watergate book. I have thought a book about the aftermath...

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...

Clinton... believes that the Washington Press Corps is so out of touch that it is...

Clinton... believes that the Washington Press Corps is so out of touch that it is...

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...

If information is true, if it can be verified, and if it's really important, the...

If information is true, if it can be verified, and if it's really important, the...

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.

When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he...

When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he...

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.

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...