Sure, some journalists use anonymous sources just because they’re lazy, and I think editors ought to insist on more precise identification even if they remain anonymous.

I think he had a strange, passionate devotion to the truth and a horror at what he saw going on.

Sometimes I am convinced there is nothing wrong with this country that couldn't be cured by the magical implantation of ethical standards on us all - leaders and followers. Until that becomes doable, the Center for Public Integrity is just about the best thing we have going for us.

It is my experience that most claims of national security are part of a campaign to avoid telling the truth.

The history of American politics is littered with bodies of people who took so pure a position that they had no clout at all.

I don’t want to disappoint too many people, but the number of interesting political, historical conversations we had, you could stick in your ear, it wasn't that many. We talked about friends, family and of course girls.

In the perfect world every source could be identified, but like the man said, "It's not a perfect world."