"That's what's really crazy, is that intelligence agencies set up Watergate. They operated it, Rogan said. Bob Woodward was an intelligence agent before he was ever a reporter. Tucker Carlson told me that, [and] it blew my f*ckin' mind. He's like What rookie reporter, for their first gig, their first story, you're going to take down the most popular president in U.S. history?'"
"Richard Nixon was taken out by the FBI and CIA, with the help of Bob Woodward, who was a Washington Post reporter who had been a Naval intelligence officer working in the White House working in the Nixon White House, Carlson said on Rogan's podcast. He continued: And then [Woodward] sho"
"Imagine that. You're Bob Woodward, you bullshit everybody and then get to watch Robert Redford, the most handsome man alive, play you in a movie, Rogan said. Like, Outstanding, look how good-looking I am, look at me kicking ass for America.'"
A narrative alleges that intelligence agencies orchestrated Watergate and that Bob Woodward acted as a covert asset for the FBI and CIA, contributing to Richard Nixon's removal. The narrative cites Woodward's prior Naval intelligence service from 1965 to 1970 as contextual background for his rapid emergence as the reporter who broke the Watergate story. The apparent coincidence of a former intelligence officer producing such a major scoop is presented as suspicious. The account also notes Woodward's elevated public reputation and cinematic portrayal in All the President's Men as elements that amplified his status after the scandal.
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