#bob-woodward

#bob-woodward

As any prosecutor and surely Mr. Woodward knows, the person on the inside who calls and says 'I want to talk' is an informant, or snitch, and is generally looking to bargain a deal, to improve his or her own situation, to place the blame on someone else in return for being allowed to plead down or out certain charges, and therefore "knows that his or her testimony will be unrespected, even reviled, subjected to rigorous examination and often rejection."