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

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

The cloud of doubt that surrounds political figures tends to remain and never dissipate or be clarified.

I recently did the David Letterman Show about my book. He was very serious and made no jokes and it caught me off guard a little bit. He was much more serious than some of the joke shows that journalists get on.

I think people are smart enough to sort it out. They know when they're watching one of these food fight shows where journalists sit around and yell and scream at each other, versus serious issue reporting.

I don't think it's useful for somebody to argue with reviews.

Sometimes,doing nothing is the best reaction.