It's funny to see everyone hailing Woodward as some journalism hero. He's just another ex-Naval Intelligence spook.
1986 - "We don't want to publish things that are going to do damage"
What a crock of shit.
cia.gov/library/readin…
1986 - "We don't want to publish things that are going to do damage"
What a crock of shit.
cia.gov/library/readin…
Reagan called him "lazy and indecisive" in response to his "expose" of ex CIA director William Casey.
cia.gov/library/readin…
cia.gov/library/readin…
It lead to him being accused of Yellow Journalism back when such accusations meant something. The Washington Times leveled the charge when Woodward tried to deceive Georgetown Hospital staff to gain entry to Casey's room.
cia.gov/library/readin…
cia.gov/library/readin…
The irony of it is, should Woodward's account of a military coup against the President at the hands of Mattis (and some of the Joint Chiefs?) be accurate, he may have unwittingly sealed the plotter's fate.
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