I wish I did have a bombshell. I don't even have a firecracker. I'm sorry. |
If Ben - I would have told him - and I should have told Len in this case, |
If you want to cut that off, go read the newspapers in China. The news becomes part of the party. |
If you were to ask the same group of people 25 years ago, after Nixon resigned, 'Are you better off?' ... most people would raise their hand because it established the rule of law, ... But I wonder. You can't quite draw a line from (Nixon resigning) to the well-being of everyone. In the case of Greenspan, in terms of people's economic well being, it's a pretty straight line. |
In a sense, ... whoever becomes the next president, that person becomes president in a Greenspan era. |
In the most frightening way, what happens on these tapes, part of the significance is what doesn't happen. To my knowledge, no one ever said what would be wrong, would be good, what would be right for the country. It's always about Nixon. It is so outside the mainstream of the American presidency. |
It is, in a sense, the story of his presidency. This is the decision he made, he made it all alone. There was no committee vote, |
It makes it much more real. You have this sense that it does involve you, that it's relevant to your life. |
It's a story of how he does his job, |
It's astonishing how you can get people to help you who in a sense probably shouldn't help you, who will make admissions and provide guidance endangering to themselves. |
It's very important that people trust the media. |
It's very important to understand that he provided us, at some very crucial moments, with context and certitude, |
Journalism is a contact sport, ... I was 29 when people who really knew how to shoot were around. |
Let the bastards come and get me. |
Libby was not charged with being the first to talk to a reporter, and that is not part of the indictment, |