Woodward was a CIA operative???
Highly probable.
In 1969 and 1970, Woodward, then a naval officer, routinely briefed Haig at the White House ...
https://www.watergate.com/bob-woodward
I don’t know about CIA, but before becoming a reporter he worked for the military and intercepted calls and reports from Kissinger. He denied that he had worked for Admiral Moorer - maybe even lied about being in the military. (It was a long time ago that I read the book).
The military hated Nixon as much as the left did. (Hmm - reminds me of today with all the deep state leftists in our military).
Yes he worked for Naval Intelligence before he became a reporter.
Woodward was in communications in the Navy. Handled codes and sensitive intel. It’s widely assumed he was CIA after.