re: #39 Gus

Quite the interesting sentence here on so many different levels….

Officials often threaten reporters that they will “regret” printing something that is untrue, but Woodward took the remark as a threat.

1) I’m not sure how often official threaten reporters
2) I’m not sure if Woodward’s statement is untrue
3) I’m pretty sure if these threats are commonplace then Woodward would be correct in interpreting the threatening statement as a threat.