It felt a little eerily relevant to be reading this in our current climate when there is so much going on behind closed doors, and so little being factually, reliably reported, or read. This is a must-read for anyone with any knowledge or interestin the Watergate affair, but if it's all new to you, start with the author's original book All The President's Men, or failing that the film, and then finish with this kind portrait of a man who risked so much for what he saw as his duty to his country. The final half of the book was especially unexpected as it explored his life many years after he was arguably the most famous anonymous source on the planet.