Deep Throat Revealed
Hot off the wires...

Vanity Fair is to publish an article revealing the mysterious Deep Throat after more than 30 years of uncertainty. The article reveals Mark Felt, the second in command at the FBI at the time of the Watergate scandal and in charge of the investigation, who now admits that he is the source of the information provided to Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Historians and pundits have always considered the possibility that Felt was indeed Deep Throat, so the hot rumor is most likely true.

The Washington Post will soon be posting an official comment on their website, and rumors are that Bob Woodward will be writing a long feature article to print in Thursday's edition. However, Woodward and Bernstein have yet to confirm the source, saying "We're not going to say anything because we have an obligation to all our sources, to whom we gave our word that they will remain confidential, including Deep Throat, until their deaths."

From the NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/31/politics/31cnd-felt.html?hp
From the Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/31/AR2005053100655.html?sub=AR

Notably, the Ransom Center is now the custodian of the Watergate Papers, and I bet now UT will be at the center of this new revelation.
- posted by JW Walthall at 2:20 PM | Permanent Link | 0 comments