Long-Secret Source 'Deep Throat' Unmasked

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 1:39 am

I dunno--with everyone wanting to take credit for being "Deep Throat", it sounds a lot like:

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 1:32 pm

Well, I guess lots of people were wrong after all...

I always thought it was

hurricane_harry · Post by **hurricane_harry** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:16 am

we used to call this guy deep throat, but that was for different reasons

ThomasDodd · Post by **ThomasDodd** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 10:43 am

We've all know who "Deep Throat" was since 1972.

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Doug@GT · Post by **Doug@GT** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 7:06 pm

Deep Throat, Watergate and Democracy
â€”Terry Eastland

Mark Felt, who in 1972 held the second highest job at the FBI, recently revealed himself as the anonymous "Deep Throat," who helped the Washington Post's Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein as they covered Watergate. Yet how important was Felt? And how important were Woodward and Bernstein?

The truth of Watergate lies not in the myth built up over the years--that Watergate was exposed only because of the dogged reporters and their anonymous sources. No, the truth is that the institutions of government uncovered the scandal. Prosecutors secured convictions of the Watergate burglars. One of the defendants broke ranks, confessing the involvement of White House aides. Congressional hearings discovered secret White House tapes. The courts demanded that Nixon yield the tapes. His resignation followed.

That was Watergate. It was less about the press than about our system of government and how well it worked during a time of crisis.