---------------- (excerpt from All The President's Men) -----------
A touch of his old good humor returned: "Let's just say I'll be willing to put the blossoming situation in perspective for you when the time comes." But there was disgust in the way he said it.
Bernstein was already sparring with the typewriter. Woodward glanced at the lead:
-------- Two of President Nixon's top campaign officials each withdrew more than $50,000 from a secret fund that financed the bugging of Democratic headquarters, according to sources close to the Watergate investigation. ----------
Woodward reached Powell Moore, the deputy press director of CRP, and told him in general terms what the Post intended to report in Monday's paper. Moore was a jocular 34-year-old Georgian who had worked in the White House communications office before the campaign.
"Thanks a lot," Moore said. "That's just what I need on a Sunday." He was sure the story was untrue--the reporters were getting bad information somewhere, he didn't know where, but he wished they would come off this crusade and check out these things better before putting them in the paper.
Woodward saw a lever. The reporters were sure of their facts, he told Moore. They had verified the information with sources in enough different places.
But there was always the possibility of some explanation that they might be unaware of. If Moore would get Magruder to call him and discuss the allegations substantively, Woodward would agree to hold the story until after Magruder had his say.
And if Magruder could convince the reporters that the story was in any way wrong, or based on some misunderstanding, they would continue to hold it until everything was checked out.
Moore agreed.
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