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In reply to the discussion: Petraeus v Obama [View all]H2O Man
(73,528 posts)he "was" with the Office of Naval Intelligence. One of the things he did in ONI was to meet with non-administration officials in the Nixon White House. The most significant of these was Mark Felt, a carrer ONI officer "on loan" to the FBI. (Hoover also "traded" agents with Army intelligence, etc.) It was Felt who "recommended" that the young Woodward pursue a career in journalism, and who helped him get (at least) his first newspaper job. Odd, that, as Felt despised the media in general, and newspapers in particular.
I have read a number of people on DU saying Woodward is CIA or CIA-connected. This is a result of their correct suspicion that he is still connected, but they do not have the real facts. It is also because ONI is far, far more secretive than CIA.