{"id":"9f1a9fe6-15aa-486a-8711-e6209c66f0ea","url":"https://www.axios.com/2026/10/19/bob-woodward-reveals-dream-source-in-memoir-secrets-out-next-month","domain":"axios.com","outlet":{"name":"Axios","country":"US","cred":4,"lean":0,"curated":true},"title":"Bob Woodward reveals \"dream source\" in memoir, \"Secrets,\" out next month","plainHeadline":"Bob Woodward reveals Richard Darman as a key source in Secrets","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Woodward previews in The New Yorker that Richard Darman was a top source.","Darman was willing to discuss sensitive intelligence matters with Woodward.","Their friendship deteriorated after a Post series damaged Bush 41.","Woodward conducted at least 58 interviews or conversations with Darman.","Secrets details Darman's role and a notable, tense dynamic with Nancy Reagan."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-19T10:34:33.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-19T10:45:41.025Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/9e7f04a1-3764-42a7-90c6-0453268c38c5","storyId":"9e7f04a1-3764-42a7-90c6-0453268c38c5","image":"https://images.axios.com/saLAM7RhfefR-NTQXICagdt30eA=/0x0:1920x1080/1366x768/2026/10/19/1792402292623.jpg","author":"Mike Allen","dek":"Bob Woodward — in an eye-opening excerpt from his forthcoming memoir, \"Secrets,\" that's previewed in the new issue of The New Yorker — reveals that one of his best friends, the late Richard Darman, was also one of his best sources during the Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations."}