Woodward Confirms Felt is "Deep Throat"

[kcvl]

Per MSNBC

[SoVaDPJ]

"They are acting like they just hit the Lottery"

Darlin, whatcha wanna bet they just did?

[Mo1]

Not in their eyes

They were all very giddy about it all

Like they just won the Lottery

[kcvl]

His granddaughter (think) called him a Patriot and a Hero

That was his IDIOT smirking DAUGHTER! She is going to find out that he isn't a "hero" or a "Patriot". He is a CRIMINAL more so than Nixon, IMO!

[onyx]

I haven't been able to see any TV today. What do you mean about the grandson? Is he smug?

[EQAndyBuzz]

I thought reporters never revealed their sources.

[oh8eleven]

He's 91, his family wanted him to take credit for it before he died supposedly.

It's all about money. He wants to make $ off his notoriety and put his grandkids through college. Semper scumbag.

[Mo1]

That was his IDIOT smirking DAUGHTER!

Thanks .. I wasn't sure

I can't believe they were actling like they were

[AFPhys]

Agreed. This man ought to be charged with the crimes he committed. I believe the reporters ought to be charged, too.

This is nothing new for me. That is what I've maintained all along. No matter what Nixon did - it pales in comparison to the crimes those four, and the WP, committed.

[onyx]

Yeah. I like what you've said.

[Mo1]

I thought reporters never revealed their sources.

Apparently, Woodward changed his mind

I'm wondering why???

[onyx]

Apparently, this source "scooped" Woodward and Berstein and went to Vanity Fair on his own?

[nmh]

I believe you are right in all you said.


"I smell something."

I wonder ... could they try and do this to Bush and using this has been for credibility for a baseless claim? Dems are pretty hard up lately ... I don't know ... just wondering.

[TeleStraightShooter]

Kinda blows that "Smoking Man" theory away ...

[tiredoflaundry]

IMHO, no better than "blood money"

[defconw]

Past experience? LOL

[GretchenM]

So much for Woodward's solemn promise not to reveal the dude's ID till he was at room temp.

[processing please hold]

So this Felt fellow is now a self-admitted criminal. What kind of justice can be imposed upon a senile 90+ year old untrustworthy former bureaucrat?

Make Helen Thomas his hospice nurse...

[kcvl]

The confirmation came from Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the two Washington Post reporters who broke the Watergate story, and their former top editor, Benjamin C. Bradlee. The three spoke after Felt's family and Vanity Fair magazine identified the 91-year-old Felt, now a retiree in California, as the long-anonymous source who provided crucial guidance for some of the newspaper's groundbreaking Watergate stories.

The Vanity Fair story said Felt had admitted his "historic, anonymous role" following years of denial.

In a statement today, Woodward and Bernstein said, "W. Mark Felt was 'Deep Throat' and helped us immeasurably in our Watergate coverage. However, as the record shows, many other sources and officials assisted us and other reporters for the hundreds of stories that were written in The Washington Post about Watergate."

Felt's guidance to Woodward -- provided on "deep background" in secret meetings -- helped keep public attention focused on the June 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington's Watergate office and apartment complex, and on a subsequent cover-up effort. This ultimately led to a congressional investigation that revealed the role of Nixon and a number of his top aides. Under threat of impeachment, Nixon resigned in 1974.

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[Professional Engineer]

ping

[tiredoflaundry]

lol!