Bob Woodward

Excerpts from Bob Woodward's new Simon & Schuster audiobook, read by Boyd Gaines.

A son's riveting look at a father whose life seemed straight out of a spy thriller, THE MAN NOBODY KNEW: IN SEARCH OF MY FATHER, CIA SPYMASTER WILLIAM COLBY uncovers the secret world of a legendary CIA spymaster. Told by William Colby's son Carl, the story is at once a probing history of the CIA, a personal memoir of a family living in clandestine shadows, and an inquiry into the hard costs of a nation's most cloaked actions. From the beginning of his career as an OSS officer parachuting into Nazi-occupied Europe, William Colby rose through the ranks of 'The Company,' and soon was involved in covert operations in hot spots around the globe. He swayed elections against the Communists in Italy, oversaw the coup against President Diem in Saigon, and ran the controversial Phoenix Program in Vietnam, which sparked today's legacy of counter-insurgency. But after decades of obediently taking on the White House's toughest and dirtiest assignments, and rising to become Director of CIA, Colby defied the President. Braving intense controversy, he opened up to Congress some of the agency's darkest, most tightly held secrets and extra-legal operations. Now, his son asks a series of powerful and relevant questions about the father who was a ghost-like presence in the family home - and the intelligence officer who became a major force in American history, paving the way for today's provocative questions about security and secrecy vs. liberty and morality. The film forges a fascinating mix of rare archival footage, never-before-seen photos, and interviews with the 'who's who' of American intelligence, including former National Security Advisers Brent Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, former Secretary of Defense and Director of CIA James Schlesinger, as well Pulitzer Prize journalists Bob Woodward, Seymour Hersh and Tim Weiner. Through it all, Carl Colby searches for an authenti

Dec. 6: Bob Woodward and Tom Friedman discuss the timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan, as well political reaction to the president’s plan, with NBC’s David Gregory on “Meet the Press.”

Tom Friedman, Paul Gigot, Andrea Mitchell and Bob Woodward join NBC’s David Gregory to discuss the political firestorm surrounding Rand Paul.

Author Bob Woodward reacts to the sentencing of the would-be Times Square bomber and talks about the impact of terror alerts around the world.

Despite Bob Woodward’s insistence that the idea of Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden switching jobs is, “on the table,” NBC’s Andrea Mitchell and Arianna Huffington, join Hardball’s Chris Matthews to trace the genesis of this tale.

Carl Bernstein, the journalist who knows more about Hillary Clinton and Bob Woodward than any of us, chats with Msnbc's Lawrence O'Donnell about the rumor circulating D.C.

The Washington Post's Bob Woodward joins Morning Joe to discuss the rebellion in Washington over the debt ceiling, why the president has Commander-in-Chief syndrome, and why President Obama has made himself irrelevant on the debt issue.

Author John Heilemann comments on Bob Woodward’s new book, which grapples with how President Barack Obama walked the tightrope between the military’s demands for more troops and growing opposition from his Democratic base to the war in Afghanistan.

The Washington Post's Bob Woodward says that Donald Trump "was or still is aspiring to be the new Joe McCarthy" due to his birther claims.

Tom Friedman, Paul Gigot, Andrea Mitchell and Bob Woodward join NBC’s David Gregory to discuss the climate of U.S politics.

Bob Woodward joins The Last Word to describe what went on between Obama and his generals as they planned an exit strategy for Afghanistan.