[Felt] saw the Nixon White House manipulating the FBI and trying to make the FBI into another instrument of the political apparatus that Nixon had set up, and he resisted that for institutional reasons. |
[First, the opening quote of President Bush is taken out of context. He is not denying his responsibility to explain the policies of his administration. Bob Woodward was quoting from his book,] Bush at War. ... Of course not. I am the commander, see? |
[In a telephone interview, Mr. Woodward said he had apologized to Mr. Downie for not disclosing his own part in such a long-running story long ago and said he had kept a deliberately low profile to protect his sources.] The terms of engagement change when a reporter and reporters are being subpoenaed, agreeing to testify, being forced to testify, being jailed, ... That's the new element in this. And what it did, it caused me to become even more secretive about sources, and to protect them. I couldn't do my job if I couldn't protect them. And to really make sure that I don't become part of this process, but not to be less aggressive in reporting the news. |
[Invoking the nickname of] Deep Throat, ... who may sit among us this morning. |
[So, a big] thank you ... Dick Cheney in 2000! [sic] Dick Cheney in 2000! [sic] |
[Woodward said he had deliberately kept a low profile during the case to protect his sources.] The terms of engagement change when a reporter and reporters are being subpoenaed, agreeing to testify, being forced to testify, being jailed, ... That's the new element in this. And what it did, it caused me to become even more secretive about sources, and to protect them. I couldn't do my job if I couldn't protect them. And to really make sure that I don't become part of this process, but not to be less aggressive in reporting the news. |
According to Prince Bandar, the Saudis hoped to fine-tune oil prices over 10 months to prime the economy for 2004. What was key, Bandar knew, were the economic conditions before a presidential election, not at the moment of the election. |
And that's the key element. |
Clinton said no president ever who served would talk like that, as if it is out of his hand, |
Clinton said no president ever who served would talk like that, as if it is out of his hand. Then I realized, that oh, yes, Bush is a fatalist. That you do the best you can and then leave it to the fates, or to God in Bush's case. |
everyone would raise their hand. |
Given Cheney's background on national security going back to the Ford years, his time on the House Intelligence Committee, and as secretary of defense, Bush said at the top of his list of things he wanted Cheney to do was intelligence. In the first months of the new administration, Cheney made the rounds of the intelligence agencies - the CIA, the National Security Agency, which intercepted communications, and the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency. |
He has nothing to say at this time. |
He has to operate under the rules that govern the rest of the staff -- even if he's rich and famous, |
He made the point, which is right: I should tell him more. More is better. Sooner is better. |