Bob Woodward Reveals "Dream Source" in Memoir, "Secrets," Out Next Month

Bob Woodward reveals "dream source" in memoir, "Secrets," out next month

Bob Woodward — in an eye-opening excerpt from his forthcoming memoir, "Secrets," that's previewed in the new issue of The New Yorker — reveals that one of his best friends, the late Richard Darman, was also one of his best sources during the Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations."Darman was willing, even eager at times, to talk about the most sensitive intelligence matters, including N.S.A. intercepts and covert C.I.A. operations," …

The Danger of Getting Too Close to a Source

Richard Darman was Bob Woodward’s source in the Reagan and Bush Administrations—and his best friend.

The Dastardly Dick Darman

A new Bob Woodward story in the New Yorker about Dick Darman, a senior economic official in the Reagan administration and Budget Director under George H.W. Bush, reveals that he was a constant leaker to the Washington media. It also confirms what Reaganites already knew: Darman was a scoundrel who schemed to undermine the Reagan agenda. Darman was the brilliant political tactician who nearly single-handedly persuaded Bush to renege on his “Read …