Bob Woodward Disappointed That Snowden Didn’t Go To Him

FILE - This June 11, 2012 file photo shows former Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward speaking during an event to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Watergate in Washington. The next book by the award-winning inve... FILE - This June 11, 2012 file photo shows former Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward speaking during an event to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Watergate in Washington. The next book by the award-winning investigative reporter and best-selling author will document how President Barack Obama and congressional leaders responded to the economic crisis and where we stand now. Publisher Simon & Schuster announced Tuesday, Aug. 14, the book will be called "The Price of Politics" and will come out Sept. 11. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file) MORE LESS
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Famed journalist Bob Woodward lamented this week that he didn’t land the scoop on top secret surveillance programs from Edward Snowden.

An associate editor at the Washington Post, Woodward said in an interview with Larry King scheduled to air Thursday on Hulu that he wished Snowden had come to him rather than The Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald.

“I wish he had come to me instead of others, particularly The Guardian,” Woodward said, as quoted by The Blaze. “I would have said to him ‘let’s not reveal who you are. Let’s make you a protected source and give me time with this data and let’s sort it out and present it in a coherent way.’”

Woodward also said he wouldn’t call Snowden a hero.

Along with Greenwald, Snowden also went to the Post’s Barton Gellman. But Gellman said he could not give the former security contractor assurances over what information the Post would publish.

Greenwald responded forcefully to Woodward on Twitter.

 

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