That's what dictators and their administrations do. They threaten, harass and sometimes even round up and kill "dissidents" and those with opposing political views or those in opposition. NDAA would seem to say we are moving into black bag territory in the near future. That seems to be the direction this administration is headed.

I think this makes it official, we have a dictatorship in america. even nixon and his cronies never threatened the press in an attempt to cover up their deeds and they had a lot to lose if the truth came out.

Woodward is an honest reporter...to the extent there is such a thing. He pretty well roasted Bush as well. He's not political for sides, at least in his reporting and writing that I have seen. It gives him a great deal of credibility and respect in my book. He also appreciates that he can't just re-write or erase what he's said weeks or months later....unlike who he is talking about. More credibility, IMO.

They made a VERY bad enemy in him, I think. That's one man with the name, background and pure experience to call it like he sees it and be fairly accurate the majority of the time.

To hear him say this? Obama has major problems. Woodward has respect from many inside the press too....they are also listening to this. Problems, indeed.

I guess the days of Presidents like Kennedy telling the Press that they are vital, and that keeping secrets was abhorrent in a free society are long gone...

I was only about 11 or 12 when the nixon thing was going down but i remember reading about it in the paper everyday. i didn`t understand a lot of what I read but it really fascinated me because I didn`t understand why these reporters were investigating a crime and coming up with all this evidence while the "police" who are suppose to investigate crimes weren`t doing or saying anything.
That`s when i first realized that we aren`t in kansas anymore toto, things in america aren`t the way that i was taught to believe they were.

Is there any more apt example of the "Chicago way" that telling a true journalist "you'll regret this!" ???

And to the rest of the main stream media...keep clammering for Tiger Woods presidential photo ops...that's all the investigation that IS permitted.

Wonder who threatened Woodward? My guess Valdemort Jarrett In full meltdown mode.

Originally posted by Glinda
Is there any more apt example of the "Chicago way" that telling a true journalist "you'll regret this!" ???

And to the rest of the main stream media...keep clammering for Tiger Woods presidential photo ops...that's all the investigation that IS permitted.

Wonder who threatened Woodward? My guess Valdemort Jarrett In full meltdown mode.

It absolutely IS the Chicago way... threaten anyone that doesn't want to tow the party line. Mr. Sotero is quite the narcissist as well, so telling him he or his policies are problematic in his mind is a personal assault... but hey Bob, for a cool half mil you can not only meet the president, you can be one of his "cronies".

Is he really dead o-o

... and these are the kinds of people we trust with "the button". Presidents in the past have been a bit crazy sometimes, but this is the first one that has ever made me worry in this manner.

Thanks OP, S+F.

wow now this is something truly interesting and potentially something that could really shake people awake to how commonplace it is for the government to pressure those who the public listen to.

Now i have a question though, why can't he say who practically threatened him?
I understand that it could be potentially life threatening. But surely someone like bob woodward would want the name out there so everyone can know. A death would be highly suspicious now, would it not?