It might be something else.
There is a good chance that the Woodward and Bernstein expose came about because of Operation Mockingbird.
Daddy Bush put an end to paying journalists when he became Director of the CIA. But he said he would welcome unpaid cooperation of journalists.
The CIA has a long history with The Washington Post.
If someone at the CIA is going to take down Obama and let Romney win (because Obama crossed them)..they will do it with the help of the media.
I've often wondered at the extent of CIA involvement in presidential politics. The "Plame Affair" looked like a CIA put-up job. Obama's mysterious background also looks like it could have benefitted from some serious assistance from Langley. His mother seemed like the kind of person CIA mIght have recruited, for instance. Then you have to wonder about Bill Clinton and his overseas misadventures.