Did the White House really threaten Bob Woodward?
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Clouds roil over the White House in Washington on the morning of Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Clouds roil over the White House in Washington on the morning of Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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The full email exchange paints a friendlier picture than the famed Watergate reporter first suggested

If The Washington Post's Bob Woodward wasn't already feuding with the White House, he is now. The legendary Watergate reporter has been claiming this week that a "very senior" aide to President Obama threatened him for challenging the president's account of how the looming sequester budget cuts originated. Woodward says that the official — since identified by several sources as Gene Sperling, Obama's top economic adviser — "yelled at me for about a half-hour," then followed up with an email saying Woodward would "regret" his sequester claims.

The evidence seems to contradict several of Woodward's points.

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