Clinton feels a profound alienation from the Washington culture here, and I happen to agree with him.

Way before Watergate, senior administration officials hid behind anonymity.

Watergate provides a model case study of the interaction and powers of each of the branches of government. It also is a morality play with a sad and dramatic ending.

Rawhide Down is full of spectacular, original reporting.

A reporter's ability to keep the bond of confidentiality often enables him to learn the hidden or secret aspects of government.

Many people have their reputations as reporters and analysts because they are on television, batting around conventional wisdom. A lot of these people have never reported a story.

In Haig's presence, Kissinger referred pointedly to military men as "dumb, stupid animals to be used" as pawns for foreign policy.