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Deep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor of The Washington Post.

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

Even now there is no evidence that anyone involved in the Nixon operation was going to threaten us.

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

Because of Watergate in part, I am kind of a magnet for calls and information and suggestions.

Certain political figures think when you call them and ask them for a comment; that you are somehow doing something that you shouldn't be doing.

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

When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making.

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

It was accountability that Nixon feared.

I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.

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.

I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyrotechnics associated with us.

A reporter's ability to keep the bond of confidentiality often enables him to learn the hidden or secret aspects of government.

There are people who take rumors and embellish them in a way that can be devastating. And this pollution has to be eradicated by people in our business as best we can.

I think that everyone is kind of confused about the information they get from the media and rightly so. I'm confused about the information I get from the media.

If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's "too soft" or "too hard," about 999 would say "too hard."

...Obama said, 'I welcome debate among my team, but I won't tolerate division'.

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.

When you practice reporting for as long as I have, you keep yourself at a distance from True Believers. Either conservatives or liberals or Democrats or Republicans.

The failure of the system to deal quickly was attributable to Nixon's lying, stonewalling and refusal to come clean. So it took 26 months for the final truth to be known.