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Woodward Names Five Justices Who Spoke for 'The Brethren'

Woodward says the book’s anonymous Supreme Court sources were five conservative justices, ending decades of speculation over the 1979 bestseller.

  • Bob Woodward's new book, "Secrets: A Reporter's Memoir," releasing Nov. 24, unveils the identities of confidential sources behind his most famous investigative scoops spanning decades of Washington reporting.
  • Woodward finally identifies the five Supreme Court justices who granted anonymous interviews for his 1979 bestseller, "The Brethren": Potter Stewart, Lewis Powell, Byron White, Harry Blackmun, and William Rehnquist.
  • For the Nixon prayer scene in "The Final Days," Woodward names Kissinger deputies Brent Scowcroft and Lawrence Eagleburger as sources who overheard Richard Nixon beg Henry Kissinger not to reveal he had sobbed.
  • Woodward also explains how he gained access to CIA Director William J. Casey's hospital room in 1987 by cultivating security detail members who allowed him to bypass restrictions and speak with the spymaster.
  • Beyond unmasking sources, Woodward criticizes The Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos for ordering the editorial board to kill a presidential endorsement, claiming Bezos compromised the paper's independent journalism legacy.
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The Washington Post broke the news in Washington, United States on Monday, October 26, 2026.
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