*Deep Throat* comes forward?

[palmtreegirl]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=3&u=/ap/20050531/ap_on_re_us/deep_throat

NEW YORK - A former FBI official says he was the source called "Deep Throat" who leaked secrets about President Nixon's Watergate coverup to The Washington Post, Vanity Fair reported Tuesday.


W. Mark Felt, 91, who was second-in-command at the FBI in the early 1970s, kept the secret even from his family until 2002, when he confided to a friend that he had been Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward's source, the magazine said.


"I'm the guy they used to call Deep Throat," he told lawyer John D. O'Connor, the author of the Vanity Fair article, the magazine said in a press release.


Felt was initially adamant about remaining silent on the subject, thinking disclosures about his past somehow dishonorable.


"I don't think (being Deep Throat) was anything to be proud of," Felt indicated to his son, Mark Jr., at one point, according to the article. "You (should) not leak information to anyone."


Felt is a retiree living in Santa Rosa, Calif., with his daughter, Joan, the magazine said. He could not immediately be reached for comment by The Associated Press.


The Washington Post had no immediate comment.


Felt is one of a number of people who have been named over the years as the source whose disclosures helped bring down the Nixon presidency. Others include Assistant Attorney General Henry Peterson, deputy White House counsel Fred Fielding, and even ABC newswoman Diane Sawyer, who then worked in the White House press office.


In 1999, Felt denied he was the man.


"I would have done better," Felt told The Hartford Courant. "I would have been more effective. Deep Throat didn't exactly bring the White House crashing down, did he?"

 

[monkeyboy]

Not a Linda Lovelace thread?

 

[minniecarousel]

hmmmm...the ramblings of an old man?...or the real "Deep Throat"? I'd like to hear from Woodward on this one!

 

[SherryNC]

So why does he have loose lips now?

 

[Tigger_Magic]

hmmmm...the ramblings of an old man?...or the real "Deep Throat"? I'd like to hear from Woodward on this one!

Woodward and Bernstein have consistently said they would reveal their source only after the individual died.

 

[sgtdisney]

So why does he have loose lips now?

No teeth?

 

[SherryNC]

No teeth?

 

[EltonJohn]

hmmmm...the ramblings of an old man?...or the real "Deep Throat"? I'd like to hear from Woodward on this one!

Ditto. Some verification is needed here.

 

[EltonJohn]

Woodward and Bernstein have consistently said they would reveal their source only after the individual died.

However, if Deep Throat voluntarily revealed himself then wouldn't they be able to verify it?

 

[rascalmom]

They could if that was their one & only true source.

Lack of corroboration from them could mean:

1) this isn't Deep Throat

2) Woodward isn't convinced that Mr. Felt has approved of the release of this info - the Vanity Fair quotes are coming from "the family attorney".

3) there is more than one source - there has long been speculation that "Deep Throat" was a compilation of more than one source.

 

[Tigger_Magic]

However, if Deep Throat voluntarily revealed himself then wouldn't they be able to verify it?

This is a quote from MSNBC about this:

Carl Bernstein, who with Bob Woodward broke the story as Washington Post reporters, issued a statement neither denying nor confirming Felt's claim. Bernstein stated he and Woodward would be keeping their pledge to reveal the source only once that person dies.

Seems like they plan to keep the secret a while longer.

 

[Micca]

They could at least tell us who Carly Simon wrote "You're So Vain" about.

 

[meandtheguys2]

When I am 91 I am going to tell all of my secrets too! I like the guy!

 

[Professor Mouse]

Woodward and Bernstein refused to confirm or deny the story. I am trying to figure out what this means.

 

[DawnCt1]

hmmmm...the ramblings of an old man?...or the real "Deep Throat"? I'd like to hear from Woodward on this one!

You won't. They stand by their "pledge" not to reveal their source until after his death, which may be more of waiting for an opportunity to break the story themselves. They have been upstaged.

 

[DawnCt1]

When I am 91 I am going to tell all of my secrets too! I like the guy!

Besides, his family put pressure on him to sell the story for the grand childrens' college tuition.

 

[DawnCt1]

So why does he have loose lips now?

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

 

[Tigger_Magic]

Woodward and Bernstein refused to confirm or deny the story. I am trying to figure out what this means.

Simple: they made a pledge not to reveal who "Deep Throat" was until after the individual dies. Seems like they are two people who intend to keep a promise.

 

[Tigger_Magic]

Besides, his family put pressure on him to sell the story for the grand childrens' college tuition.

Your evidence for this is ...

 

[sodaseller]

Your evidence for this is ...

The actual article!!!