I always am very aggressive and putting out much more than people would like, but that's the business I'm in.

It was accountability that Nixon feared.

If information is true, if it can be verified, and if it's really important, the newspaper needs to be willing to take the risk associated with using unidentified sources.

Nixon's attempts to order subversion of various departments was bound to come out in some form.

Suppose Watergate had not been uncovered? I'd still be on the City Desk.

People like to pigeonhole and say, Well, I'm a Washington insider, and you know, that's quite silly. What does that even mean?

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