FOXNews.com: White House denies staffer threatened Watergate journalist Woodward

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White House denies staffer threatened Watergate journalist Woodward Feb 28th 2013, 05:15 The White House is denying reports an unnamed aide threatened famed Watergate journalist Bob Woodward after the Washington Post reporter challenged President Obama's version of events on the looming sequester last week.  Woodward claimed Wednesday night that an unnamed White House aide sent him an email saying he would "regret" his comments. Woodward wrote a column in his paper this past weekend claiming Obama was trying to re-write history regarding whose idea the sequester was. He claimed that earlier in the budget battle, Obama was trying to move the goalposts by trying to shut off the sequester with a mix of tax hikes and spending cuts, instead of just cutting spending, the approach is he arguing for now. After Politico reported tonight that Woodward was coming forward to claim he was threatened, a White House emailed Fox and other news organizations, denying Woodward was threatened. "Of course no threat was intended," wrote the White House aide. "As Mr. Woodward noted, the email from the aide was sent to apologize for voices being raised in their previous conversation. The note suggested that Mr. Woodward would regret the observation he made regarding the sequester because that observation was inaccurate, nothing more. And Mr. Woodward responded to this aide's email in a friendly manner." Fox News' Ed Henry contributed to this report.

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