so it must be deep throat - Mark Felt ?
I think anyone who puts themselves in the crosshairs of their agency is going to pay a price.
I was told the a story that the Japanese have a saying about something or somebody that is like a NAIL sticking up out of wood or the floor, and everyone uses everything to pound it flat, but it is used to refer to a person who sticks up and gets walked over til flattened. Everyone stubs their toes on it and stomps it and pounds it. You don’t want to be that guy;)