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

I have gone on the air and announced my telephone number at the Washington Post. I go into the night, talking to people, looking for things. The great dreaded thing every reporter lives with is what you don't know. The source you didn't go to. The phone call you didn't return.

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

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

Nixon's grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped.

I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.

It was accountability that Nixon feared.