The talking heads and pundits are saying that the “Deep Throat” fascination is misguided hype. W. Mark Felt, the old FBI man who fed information to the Watergate reporters, would’ve been prosecuted back in the day if he’d revealed his identity, and that’s why he was so secretive. Deep Throat leaked information about an ongoing criminal investigation and may have also leaked secret grand jury testimony.
But who really cares anymore? It’s all about the money now. I’m enjoying the spectacle of old liberal politicians reliving their triumph over a defeated Nixon and old liberal journalists reveling in what’s so far been a first and only and probably never-to-be-repeated Golden Age of journalism.
Watergate is likely one of the reasons the media lean left. Idealist young liberals with fuzzy-headed dreams of “changing the world” flocked to journalism schools to be the next Woodward and Bernstein. I shouldn’t laugh too loudly, though. When I’m an old woman, I’m sure someone will be laughing at me about something.
I’m more interested in the movie than the real life drama. Check out the old trailer for “All the President’s Men.”
Related post: Former FBI Man Is Deep Throat
Sources: How Mark Felt Became “Deep Throat” — “Felt sounded nervous. He said off the record — meaning I could not use the information — that Hunt was a prime suspect in the burglary at the Watergate for many reasons beyond the address books…”
Deep Throat revealed is no hero — “The man who says he exposed the Nixon administration’s cover-up of the break-in at the Watergate headquarters of the Democratic Party is the same man who authorized illegal break-ins targeting antiwar activists.”
Were Felt’s Leaks Illegal? — “If Felt were doing his leaking today and came forward to identify himself as the leaker, he would potentially be in much bigger trouble…”
Deep Throat and Genocide — “Can anyone even remember now what Nixon did that was so terrible? He ended the war in Vietnam, brought home the POW’s, ended the war in the Mideast, opened relations with China…”
