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.

There will always be leaks; in Washington, everywhere.

It changes your life, the pursuit of truth.

Generals who can write always make me nervous.

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

The Nixon administration really put a lot of pressure on CBS not to run the second broadcast.

Maybe some of today's papers have too many 'feel-good' features, but there is a lot of good news out there.