Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government.

Newspapers that are truly independent, like The Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or anything with no holds barred.

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

I suspect there have been a number of conspiracies that never were described or leaked out. But I suspect none of the magnitude and sweep of Watergate.

They need to review this secret world. We have an incredibly powerful government that gets on automatic pilot.

I recently read some of the transcripts of Nixon's Watergate tapes, and they spent hours trying to figure out who was leaking and providing information to Carl and myself.

Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic...'