W. Mark Felt (who?) admits that he’s “Deep Throat,” a government official who supposedly fed former Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward inside information that brought down President Richard Nixon during Watergate. I hope this means A&E or one of the movie channels will reshuffle the line-up to run “All the President’s Men” this week.
From MSNBC:
Felt said he was “only doing his duty” and did not seek to bring down Nixon over the cover-up of a break-in at Democratic Party offices in the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C.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.
NBC News commentator Chris Matthews, who wrote a book about Watergate, said he wasn’t surprised, adding that Felt “has always been the leading suspect.”
After watching actor Hal Holbrook as Deep Throat in the movie, knowing the identity of the real guy is kind of anti-climatic, isn’t it? I always thought Deep Throat was Alexander Haig, Nixon’s Chief of Staff during Watergate and President Ronald Reagan’s Secretary of State for about 5 minutes.
I’ll have more to say later. Maybe. Let’s go to the videotape!
Related post: Watergate: Mother Of All Scandals (So Far)
Sources: Deep Throat: Uncovered (Journalism students at the University of Illinois conducted a four-year study on this. They guessed wrong, but I highly recommend it, although the site seems to be loaded down with heavy traffic at the moment.), Revisiting Watergate, Watergate Revisited, FOX News, Washington Post…
La Shawn,
You’re definitely right about this being anti-climatic. I don’t even know who this guy is. I suppose this is just an instance where I wanted it to be someone it wasn’t. I guess it’s good to finally know, though.
I love All The King’s Men. I think I’ll have to pop it in tonight.
Comment by Mike M. — 05.31.05 @ 3:32 pm
All the King’s Men.
Comment by La Shawn — 05.31.05 @ 3:51 pm
Deep Throat
Via The Political Teen, W. Mark Felt has revealed himself as ‘Deep Throat’. He made the claim to Vanity Fair magazine. Ian’s got some video coverage, too.
From the Tribune coverage:
A former FBI official claims he was “Deep Throat,” the lo…
Trackback by Fresh Politics — 05.31.05 @ 4:02 pm
One of Life’s Many Secrets: Who was Deep Throat?
He “kept the secret even from his family until 2002,” so I’m a little miffed I am just learning about this now. I gotta call Mason HQ, because I’m not getting my conspiracy memos in a timely fashion like I should.
I hear these things, and I shar…
Trackback by The Fell Clutch of Circumstance — 05.31.05 @ 4:41 pm
Anti-climatic indeed, except to TV media that rushed to pre-empt Bush’s live news conference with the “Deep Throat” speculation. And this right after Bush responded to a question on North Korea by saying something to the effect of, “With Korea, there are only two options, diplomacy & war and so far diplomacy hasn’t been working”. There was a audible gasp and someone tried to interrupt Bush and Bush told them to let him finish.
Yes, the fate of the world hung in balance unless we could resolve Deep Throat.
After 30 years, Watergate is just a footnote to me, pffft.
Breathless journalists = Yawn!!!
Comment by Andy — 05.31.05 @ 5:00 pm
Update: Blog Roundup La Shawn Barber - Mark Felt … who? Wizbang has the PDF of Vanity Affair’s arti […]
Pingback by The Political Teen — 05.31.05 @ 5:13 pm
And Deep Throat is…
Mark Felt, one time #2 in the FBI. Reporting icons Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein confirmed it today after Felt’s…
Trackback by The American Mind — 05.31.05 @ 6:42 pm
Out of the shadows at last - Deep Throat
But Joan is quoted as saying that “Bob Woodward’s gonna get all the glory for this, but we could make at least enough money to pay some bills, like the debt I’ve run up for the kids’ education. Let’s do it for the family.” Now, that is heartwarm…
Trackback by Mark in Mexico — 05.31.05 @ 7:07 pm
Check out Powerline’s take entitled Deep Epstein. Rather than the MSM (David) taking down the government (Goliath). It was bureaucratic in-fighting that did Nixon in and Epstein’s charge back in 1974 that the MSM was clueless, but sometimes lucky remains true today. IOW Bernstein & Woodward got played by Felt.
http://powerlineblog.com/archives/010603.php
Comment by Andy — 05.31.05 @ 7:15 pm
Ugh, what a slip, La Shawn. All the King’s Men. I do that all the time. Rather, I think I’ll be putting in my All the PRESIDENT’S Men DVD tonight.
Comment by Mike M. — 05.31.05 @ 7:35 pm
Mike M. I actually thot your slip was on purpose. After all, they couldn’t put Nixon back together again.
Comment by Andy — 05.31.05 @ 7:51 pm
La Shawn Barber has some excellent historical references. Ed Morrissey keeps his finger in […]
Pingback by Sierra Faith — 05.31.05 @ 9:05 pm
Ex-FBIer Felt says he’s Deep Throat; Woodward confirms
30 years of pools are out the window. 91 year-old W. Mark Felt, a former FBI official, came out of the proverbial woodwork to announce himself as “Deep Throat,” the near-legendary anonymous Watergate source.Felt spoke to writer John O’Connor for…
Trackback by Ramblings' Journal — 05.31.05 @ 10:23 pm
I knew it wasn’t John Mitchell.
Comment by Rafael Daniel — 06.01.05 @ 3:37 am
I thought it was JONI Mitchell!
heh…
At this point, I don’t think it really matters.
Comment by Dan — 06.01.05 @ 8:19 am
Deepthroat exposed
…and no, it wasn’t Linda Loveless. So back in the early seventies, this FBI agent screwed the Nixon administration by…
Trackback by JackLewis.net — 06.01.05 @ 8:37 am
La Shawn
The media is, as usual, hysterical about anything anti-Republican. The media coverage of the “Deep Throat” non-story is greater thant that of the war on terror.
A historian on Special Report with Brih Hume summarized the truth. The information Felt added had NO impact on Nixon’s resignation.
Yet the media feeds on itself - they just can’t resist further praise of their darling storyteller Bob Woodward.
Woodward and Woodward wannabe Seymour Hirsh are just great storytellers using anonymous sources that can’t be verified. And the media continues their delusional thinking that these two had ANY influence on history.
Comment by Frank Zavisca — 06.01.05 @ 9:00 am
Deep Throat
The former #2 man in the FBI during the Nixon years has revealed himself to be “Deep Throat”. Does this mean now that we can be spared any more of Bob Woodward’s “coasting” on Watergate…or flirting with and teasing the…
Trackback by ConservativeOutpost.com — 06.01.05 @ 11:07 am
This guy’s a criminal, by the way. Not only was he convicted of breaking the Fourth Amendment while in office, but his finking on Nixon led to the Deathocrats’ slaughter of thousands of Vietnamese. Watergate should have been left alone, as wicked as it was.
Comment by Shayne — 06.01.05 @ 2:08 pm
Deep Throat Was Not A Hero
Ok, by now everyone has heard that the identity of “Deep Throat” has been revealed. And you’ve no doubt heard/read some accounts from people calling him a “hero”. Folks, Mark Felt is no hero. He is a common criminal, in my opinion.
Look at the…
Trackback by Iowa Voice — 06.01.05 @ 3:49 pm
Deep Throat: Deep Threat?
Yesterday, Mark Felt was Deep Throat. Today, Mark Felt is simply ‘marked.’ As I often remind you, my faithful readers, I am not one to jump on the conspiracy bandwagon. However, if my fellow bloggers really want to know and understand the power of the …
Trackback by The Fell Clutch of Circumstance — 06.01.05 @ 5:12 pm
Deep Throat revealed
Well Deep Throat’s identity has finally been revealed. All of the hubbub has left me feeling rather underwhelmed. And I’m not alone. Digger isn’t all that worked up about it either. Though it is kind of funny watching people wig out like the Waterga…
Trackback by Uncle Sam's Cabin — 06.01.05 @ 7:28 pm