W. Mark Felt, number two at the F.B.I. in the early 70s, told Vanity Fair Magazine that he is the source who leaked secrets about Nixon's Watergate cover-up. Felt told lawyer John D. O' Connor, the author of Vanity Fair's exclusive, "I'm the guy they used to call Deep Throat.
As for Carl Bernstein, who with Bob Woodward broke the stories in the Washington Post that brought the Watergate Scandal to light, he would neither confirm nor deny that Felt is Deep Throat.
Bernstein said he did read the entire Vanity Fair article, but won't discuss it at length or on camera.
Bernstein did say, "As in the past with articles and books, we're not going to say anything this time. When the person (who is Deep throat) is deceased we will identify him. We have a real responsibility to our sources and in this case to the source known as Deep Throat."
In a press release, Vanity Fair says that Felt, who is now 91, is a retiree living in Santa Rosa, California, with his daughter, Joan. The magazine says after seeing his declining health and mental acuity, and after getting the okay from Felt himself, Connor decided to write the article. Vanity Fair says that the Felt family cooperated fully, providing old photographs for the story and agreeing to sit for portraits.