359 Quotes by Bob Woodward

I am definitely opposed, vehemently opposed, to jailing journalists.

I apologized because I should have told him about this much sooner,

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.

I don't say there's a secret deal or any collaboration on this,

If Ben - I would have told him - and I should have told Len in this case,

I explained in detail that I was trying to protect my sources. That's job No. 1 in a case like this, ... I hunkered down. I'm in the habit of keeping secrets. I didn't want anything out there that was going to get me subpoenaed.

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.