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Published Monday, December 05, 2005 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

WOODWARD PLEADS PLAME WAS GOSSIP

That's what Bob Woodward told those assembled at tonight's forum with Carl Bernstein at the JFK School at Harvard. During the Q&A, a first-year student asked Woody under what circumstances he'd withhold information from his bosses -- he clearly took the bait, saying that in the case of the outed CIA agent, he felt "it was a bit gossipy" and therefore not newsworthy. He said a lot more, too, as did Bernstein, who at one point suggested an inquiry into the competency of George W. Bush. But my wireless video stream of the forum kept dropping out and/or buffering, so I'll have to report back later with more details.

Related: Harvard University Institute of Politics calendar