HE TAKES OFF 'EDITOR' HAT TO CHASE A STORY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000807560005-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 8, 2012
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: December 16, 1986
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/02/08: CIA-RDP90-00965R000807560005-4
ARTICLE APPEAR:
ON PAGE
U.S.A. TODAY
16 December 1986
Woodward reporting
He takes off
'edW hat to
says Woodward, "and I would
give him much of the credit for
realizing the slgnific ante of the
cj,aM a a" i fMollo as soon as It brute and
~8 eVErY ~Y "
Bob Woodward of Water- father of a 10 year.old dam.
gate fame may have the title of ', ThIll, lives in a six-bedroom
assistant managing editor, but home in the posh Georgetown
he's still a reporter at heart. section of Washington, D.C.,
ers s y- and her dog, a Lhasa apes
line on a n rmor c a A self-described "lousy golf.
vidina details of Iranian -de- 7. t aY the occasional poker game.
f@MNK even lie the i ~nitwri But there Isn't time for many
SwaL
By Robert Deut$Ch, USA TODAY diversions - he hasn't golfed
Dam WOODWARD: Reported on In four months. AA WWOOd d
book about (771A DIEC= W&
e seems to be just as CIA intelligence aid to Iraq
ahead of the pack in Irangate, ilamy is due,
said Monday. investigative unit dubbed the RonKeessec, author of a book
"Bob is the best reporter in "swat team" by executive edi. on Saudi billionaire Adnan
the country," said Watergate tor Benjamin Bradlee. Kashoggi, a prime character
colleague Carl Bernstein, a Woodward demurs when no the Iran arms deal. has here's
close Woodward friend. "Bob asked about his reporting of question good
and myself remain outsiders in the Iran-contra connection. sources - often of high rank."
official Washington, and it "Some of the best reporting - Steve Marshall
helps our reporting." on this story has been done by
Woodward, 43, one of 14 as- Walter Pincus of the Post,"
Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/02/08: CIA-RDP90-00965R000807560005-4