An informant in the federal government, it was not until 2005 that the public finally put a name on Deep Throat. How did you get interested in those things? The dichotomy intrigued Pakula. I'm still struck by the words that were scrawled in Spanish on a building near our hotel, saying: It's not the party, it's the system. [17] A second book, The Final Days, was published by Bernstein and Woodward in 1976 as a follow-up chronicling Nixon's last days in office. Carl Bernstein, born on February 14, 1944, in Washington, D.C., began part-time work at the Washington Star at the age of 16 and later dropped out of the University of Maryland to work full-time as a reporter. A year later, he was back at the Post, and at age 29 found himself in the middle of one of the biggest stories of the century. In 1982, for ABC's Nightline, Bernstein was the first to report[citation needed] during the Israeli invasion of Lebanon that Ariel Sharon had "deceived the cabinet about the real intention of the operationto drive the Palestinians out of Lebanon, not (as he had claimed) to merely establish a 25-kilometer security zone north from the border". After graduating from Yale University, he joined The Washington Post; nine months later, he was assigned the Watergate break-in story. The burglary was revealed as part of an extensive program of political espionage and sabotage run by Nixon subordinates at the White House and its political campaign organization, the Committee to Re-Elect the President (CRP, or, as referred to in most later press coverage, CREEP). They were tireless young reporters, fearless and not intimidated by the very powerful people they were investigating. And it did. [10], At the University of Maryland, College Park, he was a reporter for the school's independent daily, The Diamondback. Will the luck of the Irish affect the Oscars? It was only later, when Dean testified, and the tapes came out, that it was quite clear that not only was Nixon involved, he was in charge of the cover-up. Now an associate editor at The Washington Post, for several years Bob Woodward oversaw the papers special investigative projects. Between June 1972 to November 1973, Felt spoke with Bob Woodward 17 times, originally confirming leads the pair found, but eventually, began to offer new information to the team. But even they seemed to take the wrong lessons from what they'd done. We actually published three papers with it before they stopped us, and then we were in the courts for 12 days. It was the scandal that led to the forced resignation of the President of the United States. And it was the origins of the tradition of every scandal after having the suffix, "gate" added onto it at the end of its title to stress how important it is. Like most media myths, the heroic-journalist interpretation of Watergate rests on a foundation of simplicity. LHW is a shallow division, this cancellation was just adding insult to injury. THIS year marks the 30th anniversary of the movie All the Presidents Men, starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman as investigative reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, respectively. He knew all about my mother, brother -- everything. (Jason Robards, who played Bradlee, is on screen only 10 minutes.). He started working for the Washington Post in 1971, nine months before the Watergate break-in. Finally, the night before we published came the critical moment, and we were in my house. Much to his chagrin. Bob Woodward: Sure. Goldwater Republican. He'd started at age two, I think. I mean, I lived in that place for those periods. Perfect. Robert H. Ferrell And there was a sort of, as I have said, I am packing my bags quality to his voice that didnt tell you everything you needed to know but certainly got you focused on, you know, this is interesting now. His father was a judge and Woodward eventually entered the Navy after graduating from Yale. That was the key. They weren't big, White House reporters. But the new Woodward and Bernstein piece was remarkably good, in a sense, of placing the crimes of the Nixon White House in a broader campaign of a war against lawful dissent to the Vietnam War that expanded to the media and the opposition Democrats. Together, they became Hollywood icons. Richard Nixon's RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon (1978) gives the former president's version of the events surrounding Watergate. The American Academy of Achievements interview with Bob Woodward is combined with an interview with his longtime editor and mentor, Ben Bradlee (1921-2014). Speaking to the crowd of around 2,000 reporters at the Washington Hilton where President Trump was not among them they talked about what they had learned from each other during their long stint reporting together in the Seventies. So you would not go from the CIA to the White House instantly, but within several days, through the work of another reporter, we learned there was this cryptic entry in the address books of two of the five burglars that very simply said H. There was competition. [23], Bernstein is a frequent guest and analyst on television news programs, and in 2011 wrote articles for Newsweek/The Daily Beast, comparing Rupert Murdoch's News of the World phone-hacking scandal to Watergate. One of the managing editors at the Post, Howard Simons, during Watergate this was not on a Watergate story, but I was struggling with a story early in my time at the Post and he came by, and he said, You dont have to understand a man in an afternoon. In other words, you dont have to do it in a day, and you wont achieve understanding of it in an slow down, take your time, dig, go back. Encyclopedia.com. Instead, they wrote 'All the President's Men' and they sold the movie rights to Robert Redford. Early one Saturday morning, June 17, 1972, the Posts city editor called Woodward to tell him that five men with cameras and electronic surveillance equipment had been arrested breaking into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office complex. But their crimes unraveled in slow motion over those two years -- aided by one tough judge, a feistier Congress than we could comprehend today, and some skillful journalists, of whom Woodward and Bernstein became the most famous and best remembered. He and 39 others, I might add. Ehrlichman? He told me first that he was going to resign, wasnt sure when, and for Gods sake dont write it as hard, because he wont. Samuel Dash, the Democratic counsel to the Senate Select Committee chaired by Senator Sam Ervin of North Carolina, argued in his later book on the Senate investigation, Chief Counsel, that the admirable, early investigative reporting of Bernstein and Woodward had now degenerated into what he called "hit and run" journalism based on leaks from the committee and jeopardized the ability of the legal system to track down and punish the guilty. I now do my books alone, but I have a full-time assistant who is kind of my collaborator. Bernstein could be right intuitively -- but dangerous left to himself, Pakula wrote in his notes. We had heard that they had this big blockbuster coming up, and suddenly, they just dropped this on us. What I try to do is piece together how people make decisions. The duo of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein have become synonymous with reporting the comings and goings of the Watergate scandal. Woodward was able to soldier on and write 14 books. The story was true, but he had never testified to it because they never asked him. She had the lawyers on the same phones. Were much better friends than we were at the time. I remember going around and giving my name to lots of people, and they would say, Oh, youre Al Woodwards son. The five Watergate burglars and several other Nixon subordinates, including former U.S. Attorney General Mitchell, were sentenced to prison terms. Vertalingen van het uitdrukking IK BEN BOB WOODWARD van nederlands naar engels en voorbeelden van het gebruik van "IK BEN BOB WOODWARD" in een zin met hun vertalingen: En ik ben Bob Woodward .. (They later discovered that Sloan meant to communicate to them that Haldeman was guilty, but that Sloan had not said so to the grand jury because he had not been asked.) Ben Bradlee, editor of the Washington Post during Watergate, told me that Pakula spent so much time with each of us. Passion and obsession intertwine in Fire of Love, With characters wise and reassuring, animated short The Boy, the Mole comforts. Bob Woodward: Yes. Watergate was the biggest political scandal of the century. We've received your submission. I suspect that most people from the generations that came after mine don't really know that much about Watergate other than that a president resigned in disgrace, the only time that's ever happened. ", To read excerpts, click here. What does the American Dream mean to you? We had one day. 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Other than Woodward and Bernstein, no personalities prominent in Watergate were the subjects of a bestselling memoir, the inspiration for a star-studded motion picture, and the protectors of a mythical source who eluded conclusive identification for decades. Encyclopedia.com gives you the ability to cite reference entries and articles according to common styles from the Modern Language Association (MLA), The Chicago Manual of Style, and the American Psychological Association (APA). Bob Woodward: Oh, yes. Because of its detail, as well as the crucial importance of the subject they were investigating, All the President's Men has come to be widely regarded as a classic book in the history of American journalism, showing how reporters and corporate news organizations operate under pressure. It was very complicated, then and now. When Woodward left the Navy, American involvement in Vietnam and domestic opposition to the war were at their height. More so than the book, the cinematic adaptation of All the Presidents Men placed Woodward and Bernstein at the decisive center of Watergates unraveling. The real crimes of the last 40 years didn't fit into the box that Woodward and Bernstein and the Watergate scandal helped to create. Some people think I was in intelligence. Karlie Kloss and Taylor Swift still good friends - 8 Days - 8Days.sg. What does it mean? There were no bars in town. The best duos complement the other's strengths. Bob Woodward: Oh, yes, I had teachers at Wheaton. There had been some disparaging remarks made elsewhere about his wife, and he cried, in the snow, in New Hampshire, standing on the back of a flatbed truck, and its generally believed that was the end of his candidacy. Very forceful, very insistent that we write essays to answer questions, and not short answers. (The Academy of Achievement interviewed both Bob Woodward and Ben Bradlee, the Executive Editor of The Washington Post, on May 1 during the 2003 International Achievement Summit in Washington, D.C. Their interviews are combined here.). After the Times had been estopped by a judge, we decided to publish them. Dont tell me never. Dont let things elude us. (Spiro Agnew, who had been elected as Nixon's vice president in 1968 and 1972, had resigned in October 1973 after pleading no contest to a charge of tax evasion.). He had worked in the Pentagon, and then he had worked for the Rand Corporation. These were the values, after all, that purged America of the evil Richard Nixon -- not the dirty (bleep)ing hippies. I think most people feel that the old Post would have just sat by. Woodward! I mean, I shudder to think the way we put it. Alicia Shepard said, "Carl was the big thinker, and Woodward was the one that [made] sure it got done [T]hey knew that each of them had strengths that the other didn't, and they relied on one another. Not, "What did the president know and when did he know it? Hes a reporter doll. Not bad, as they say, and what legs! W. Joseph Campbell does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. Each of these presidents had their own way of responding. What did you do in the Navy? However, Bernstein was the first of the pair to think that the Watergate case could be related to President Richard Nixon. Deep Throat is the pseudonym given to the secret informant who provided information in 1972 to Bob Woodward, who shared it with Carl Bernstein.Woodward and Bernstein were reporters for The Washington Post, and Deep Throat provided key details about the involvement of U.S. president Richard Nixon's administration in what came to be known as the Watergate scandal. Bob Woodward: Is the CIA connected to this? Woodward was assigned to cover the breaking story, along with a younger but more experienced reporter, Carl Bernstein. The Supreme Court ordered the president to turn over his tapes, which really sunk him the smoking gun tapes at the end. While Woodward interviewed their informant, known as "Deep Throat," Bernstein discovered cash payments from Nixon's reelection campaign in one of the burglar's bank accounts (via The Washington Post). Bob Woodward: Thats not humility, thats realism. Did you? and he said, No. And the whole town shook, as far as Im concerned, because that was the first time we had been accused of getting anything wrong. They wanted to have a whole presidency where they could do what they wanted and no one would examine them or scrutinize them, and they got in trouble, a lot of them, because of this. Thats a quote from the movie and the book. Were there particular teachers or relatives? This was the lesson of Watergate: Nixon Exceptionalism, that the 37th president was so "uniquely and pervasively" corrupt that the fair and decent American "system worked" and removed him on the basis of the objective, indisputable fact of his evil. We said Haldeman had controlled the secret fund, according to the Grand Jury testimony of the Nixon Committee treasurer, and he had not testified to that. He yelled, Stop! From the time of the break-in, and through the fall and winter of 1972-1973, Bernstein and Woodward, under increasing public attack from White House spokesmen, worked virtually alone on the story. Special Prosecutor Cox and Jaworski investigated this, put lots of people in jail. William Faulkners books, certainly. But in fact at that time, we were. I think they were really out to get to the bottom of the story. Bob Woodward's political affiliation hasn't kept him from criticizing people on both sides of the aisle. Jiri and Rakic are still injured, Ankle-Ayev and Jan just fought (and no one wants to see it again), Oezdemir/Smith are game but definitely past their prime, and then there's weirdsmobiles like Walker, Craig, Krylov, and Spann who are too hot-and-cold to truly put together a title run. Certainly during Watergate, it didnt get transmitted to Carl Bernstein or myself through them. So you had a certain amount of independence? And of course, Muskie was going to be the strong candidate against Nixon. Such speculation sometimes pointed to W. Mark Felt, a former senior FBI official. Ephron delivered Max prematurely after finding out. When the Post persevered with the investigation, President Nixon induced the FCC to challenge the licenses of the Posts television stations. The Watergate scandal may officially date to June 17, 1972, but August 8, 1974 was truly the night they drove ol' Dixie down, as it were; I watched with a sense of awe and disbelief on a 13-inch black-and-white set as our President Nixon resigned, refusing to go to bed, watching his "political obituary" until they finally signed off and played the Star Spangled Banner at 2 a.m. By the time the movie of "All the President's Men" -- the tale of how Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward broke some of the big stories of Watergate -- hit the theaters, I was 17 and seeing it with my first girlfriend. So it was the classic kind of Winesburg, Ohio small town. What made you back the kids, Woodward and Bernstein? See also Myron J. Smith, Watergate: An Annotated Bibliography (1983).Updated information gathered from simonsays.com, an online service. In August 1974, President Nixon, facing near certain impeachment and conviction, resigned his office and accepted a blanket pardon for any actions he may have committed in office. But together they did something that neither one of them could do individually. Bob Woodward: I was not married at the time and loved being free to do something. Irresponsible., * Carl saw Bob as a machine. Carl is Jewish, grew up in the Washington, D.C. area. The Iran-Contra Affair involved a secret foreign policy operation directed by White House officials in the national security counc, Truman, Harry S. Still, facts and events from the book were questioned by Nixon's friends and family, and some obvious sources denied ever speaking with Bernstein and Woodward. We're lucky to have Woodward and Bernstein -- so young in 1972 -- still with us. display: none; Bob Woodward: Of course. First, the spokesmen at the White House, Ziegler and some of those guys, and next the Attorney General, and Chuck Colson, all of those people, the White House aides, were lying. And my father, a man of great restraint, nonjudgmental in fact, said probably the severest thing he has ever said to me. As the Watergate scandal unfolded in the pages of the Washington Post in the early 1970s, the two reporters who first broke the story became just as famous as the people they were writing about. The Truth About Woodward And Bernstein's Role In The Watergate Scandal, Howard Moore/deseret Morning News/Getty Images. We shouldnt do that. That doesnt mean there wont be more scandals and maybe even larger scandals, but in a sense, the vision or the dream of the people who wrote the Constitution has, at least in part, been realized. He sat down with Woodward, then 32, Bernstein, then 31, their editors, their friends and the two women at the center of the reporters lives. This was our time, our story. The Post played a critical role in the beginning, and Woodward and Bernstein came in at critical moments. One midnight in June 1975, Bernstein watched as Pakula directed a scene. Bernstein has been married three times, first to a fellow reporter at The Washington Post, Carol Honsa; then to writer and director Nora Ephron from 1976 to 1980; and since 2003 to the former model Christine Kuehbeck. Ben Bradlee: By an overwhelming margin, as we were reminded so often. Bob Woodward: An immense amount of independence. And she said, When will we know the full story of Watergate? shaka wear graphic tees is candy digital publicly traded ellen lawson wife of ted lawson what was the advice to woodward and bernstein. Mr. Woodward, there is an interesting scene in the book and in the film All the Presidents Men where you tap out a story and Carl Bernstein immediately starts rewriting it, and youre miffed. While Bernstein was surprised by how mythical Deep Throat became in American pop culture, he remains as much of a part of the Watergate story as Woodward and Bernstein. The movie, which was released in April 1976 and starred Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman, was relentlessly media-centric, ignoring the work of prosecutors and the FBI. Bob Woodward: We had done some of the early stories, that it led to the Senate Watergate Committee, led to the House Judiciary Committee and impeachment investigation. Kind of parse it out. But she wasnt the editor. I am repeatedly struck by how I have missed part of the story, always. Mr. Woodward, can you tell us about the night you first got that phone call about a break-in at the Watergate? Its our job to figure them out.. Underneath all the arguments and fights -- way down, they hated each other, Pakula wrote. Bernstein was among three CNN reporters who last . And he would be going over to the White House to give Nixon the news that he didnt have any his support in the Senate was eroding. The guts are supplied by the owners of the newspaper and the editors. Well, I was down there. Eighteen years after the Supreme Court ruled that they couldnt shut us down, the prosecuting attorney, who was the Solicitor General of the United States, wrote the Post a letter saying that in the whole Pentagon Papers, there was no threat to national security. Id have drinks with him early all of late July and early August. Dont tell me never. Get to the bottom of it. That your resources, the resources of the newspaper, should be directed at completing this story, getting the full tale, if you would. J. Anthony Lukas, Nightmare: The Underside of the Nixon Years (1976) is an exciting narrative and analysis by a New York Times reporter that puts Watergate into the context of what the author refers to as "Richard Nixon's abuse of his presidential powers." You get to have access to people you wouldnt normally have access to. I can't tell you how many times back then that Americans -- looking for a silver lining in the cloud of Watergate -- uttered this phrase: "The system worked." Divorce is painful because it is unknown to a child. ", Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, Review: Michael B. Jordan is the one to fly now with Creed III, Hunger Games star Jena Malone says someone I had worked with sexually assaulted her, Review: The gorgeous new movie Pacifiction will hypnotize you. We had such good sources. Harry S. Truman Encyclopedia.com. And we were so scared that we were going to by this time, we knew that the front page was going to be a historical document. Mr. Bradlee, what were your emotions when Nixon resigned? I like what I do. How old were you at the time of that break-in? When will all the truth come out? Quite optimistically. So I dont make those kinds of assessments. And yet it was Bernsteins daring that was necessary.. Bush . The Woodward and Bernstein comparison is apt because it's a reminder that they were Metro Section reporters, not Political desk reporters. He went to jail for that. As of 1997 Woodward is an assistant managing editor of the CIA in Veil (1987), the Pentagon and the Gulf War in The Commanders (1991), and the Clinton White House in The Agenda (1994). Although the movie is the result of Redfords determination to get it made as the Watergate story unfolded, its authenticity and endurance have everything to do with its director, Alan J. Pakula, who morphed into a Sigmund Freud with notepad before any camera rolled. 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