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'''Bob Woodward''' ([[Office of Naval Intelligence]]) together with fellow ''[[Washington Post]]'' [[journalist]], [[Carl Bernstein]] was an important player in the [[Watergate coup]]. The {{on}} celebrates him as a hero for exposing the "Watergate Scandal", but then the official history misses does not accept that that was a covert [[coup d'etat]] organised by [[the cabal]].
  
Together with fellow [[Washington Post]] [[journalist]], [[Carl Bernstein]], Bob Woodward was an important player in the [[Watergate coup]].
 
  
 
==Background==
 
==Background==
While at Yale, Woodward joined the [[Phi Gamma Delta]] fraternity and was a member of the secret society [[Book and Snake]]. <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/fashion/jeff-himmelmans-new-biography-of-ben-bradlee.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phigam.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=902 |title=Phi Gamma Delta – Famous Fijis – education |publisher=Phigam.org |date= |accessdate=March 7, 2010}}</ref> He received his B.A. degree in 1965, and began a five-year tour of duty in the [[United States Navy]]. In his navy career Woodward served in the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]], where he was a part of a group which briefed top intelligence officials; at one time he was close to Admiral Robert O. Welander, being communications officer on the ''[[USS Fox (CG-33)|USS Fox]]'' under Welander's command.<ref>[[Peter Dale Scott]], ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=fl0uD8l1qckC&pg=PA48 The Road to 9/11: Wealth, Empire, and the Future of America]'', [[University of California Press]], 2007. p48</ref><ref>Jack Williams, ''[[U-T San Diego]]'', July 29, 2005, [http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050729/news_1m29welander.html Adm. Robert O. Welander, 80; flotilla CO and Joint Chiefs aide]</ref>
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While at Yale, Woodward joined the [[Phi Gamma Delta]] fraternity and was a member of the secret society [[Book and Snake]]. <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/fashion/jeff-himmelmans-new-biography-of-ben-bradlee.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0</ref><ref>http://www.phigam.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=902</ref> He received his B.A. degree in 1965, and began a five-year tour of duty in the [[United States Navy]]. In his navy career Woodward served in the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]], where he was a part of a group which briefed top intelligence officials; at one time he was close to Admiral Robert O. Welander, being communications officer on the ''[[USS Fox (CG-33)|USS Fox]]'' under Welander's command.<ref>[[Peter Dale Scott]], ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=fl0uD8l1qckC&pg=PA48 The Road to 9/11: Wealth, Empire, and the Future of America]'', [[University of California Press]], 2007. p48</ref><ref>Jack Williams, ''[[U-T San Diego]]'', July 29, 2005, [http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050729/news_1m29welander.html Adm. Robert O. Welander, 80; flotilla CO and Joint Chiefs aide]</ref>
  
 
==George W. Bush==
 
==George W. Bush==
Woodward was granted more time than any other journalist with [[George W. Bush]], interviewing him six times for close to 11 hours total.<ref>"The War Within" page 443</ref> He gave credence to the lies about [[Iraq]]'s [[weapons of mass destruction]]. During an appearance on [[Larry King Live]], he was asked by a telephone caller, "Suppose we go to war and go into Iraq and there are no weapons of mass destruction," Woodward responded "I think the chance of that happening is about zero. There's just too much there."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thenation.com/blog/173245/bob-woodwards-biggest-failure-iraq |title=Bob Woodward's Biggest Failure: Iraq |last=Mitchell |first=Greg |work=[[The Nation]] |date=March 7, 2013 |accessdate=March 8, 2003}}</ref>
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Woodward was granted more time than any other journalist with [[George W. Bush]], interviewing him six times for close to 11 hours total.<ref>"The War Within" page 443</ref> He gave credence to the lies about [[Iraq]]'s [[weapons of mass destruction]]. During an appearance on [[Larry King Live]], he was asked by a telephone caller, "Suppose we go to war and go into Iraq and there are no weapons of mass destruction," Woodward responded "I think the chance of that happening is about zero. There's just too much there."<ref>http://www.thenation.com/blog/173245/bob-woodwards-biggest-failure-iraq </ref>
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==Criticism==
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A 2013 article in [[Salon.com]] which criticised his dishonesty was entitled "Woodward’s truthiness problem".<ref>http://www.salon.com/2013/02/28/woodwards_truthiness_problem/</ref>
 
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Latest revision as of 09:55, 7 August 2021

Person.png Bob Woodward   IMDB Sourcewatch Spartacus WebsiteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(journalist, spook?)
Bob Woodward.jpg
BornRobert Upshur Woodward
1943-03-26
Geneva, Illinois, U.S.
Alma materYale University
Children • Taliesin
• Diana
SpouseElsa Walsh
Member ofBook and Snake
Together with Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward was an important player in the Watergate coup.

Employment.png Journalist Wikipedia-icon.png

Dates unknown
EmployerWashington Post
A player in the Watergate coup.

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Dates unknown
EmployerOffice of Naval Intelligence

Bob Woodward (Office of Naval Intelligence) together with fellow Washington Post journalist, Carl Bernstein was an important player in the Watergate coup. The official narrative celebrates him as a hero for exposing the "Watergate Scandal", but then the official history misses does not accept that that was a covert coup d'etat organised by the cabal.


Background

While at Yale, Woodward joined the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and was a member of the secret society Book and Snake. [1][2] He received his B.A. degree in 1965, and began a five-year tour of duty in the United States Navy. In his navy career Woodward served in the Office of Naval Intelligence, where he was a part of a group which briefed top intelligence officials; at one time he was close to Admiral Robert O. Welander, being communications officer on the USS Fox under Welander's command.[3][4]

George W. Bush

Woodward was granted more time than any other journalist with George W. Bush, interviewing him six times for close to 11 hours total.[5] He gave credence to the lies about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. During an appearance on Larry King Live, he was asked by a telephone caller, "Suppose we go to war and go into Iraq and there are no weapons of mass destruction," Woodward responded "I think the chance of that happening is about zero. There's just too much there."[6]

Criticism

A 2013 article in Salon.com which criticised his dishonesty was entitled "Woodward’s truthiness problem".[7]

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