Barack Obama's Bob Woodward Gamble

An engrossing process-piece on Bob Woodward’s new book ‘Obama’s Wars’ by Mike Allen and John Harris from @Politico.

Of particular interest is how Woodward shrewdly uses information, sources, and his the egos of his subjects to craft an air-tight narrative.

Barack Obama's Bob Woodward gamble

Early in Barack Obama’s term, he and his aides faced a rite of passage familiar to every White House for the past 40 years: What to do about Woodward?

In Obama’s case, the answer came quickly: The White House doors swung wide for the world’s most successful non-fiction writer. Once inside, the author was treated to a buffet of access to bold-faced names—Biden, Clinton, Gates, Panetta—topped off with a sit-down with Obama himself…

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