Posted on 05/31/2005 2:24:51 PM PDT by kcvl
Per MSNBC
I can hardly wait to get a look at the smirking granddaughter.
If the info in that article is true
Sure sounds like revenge to me
Something along that line. The press has been proven liars time and time again lately. So they need this to say, "See! We need the strong press. We have to go after Bush. We are the heroes. We are the true patriots!"
Actually, I'm waiting for the "Karl Rove" part of the story! LOL!
dont forget the book deal...
Since he had an ax to grind (wanting to be FBI director), you begin to wonder how selfless his revelations were.
And why would anyone at the FBI feel the investigation needed an inquiry by two relatively unknown reporters to get if on track? The idea of our top federal law enforcement agency dipping into the political waters anonymously is a little unsettling.
It's not pretty. lol!
well they are idiots!
Hm...,
I believe this Felt fellow is the same agent that Nixon testified for back on Wednesday, 29 October 1980.
The irony is that the Nixon testimony hurt the agents and they were convicted, and pardoned later by Reagan.
This was the one time Nixon appeared in front of a court to give testimony. He elaborated on his basic premise that in regards to his duties as President/Commander in Chief nothing he did could be illegal.
He elaborated that regardless of wether or not the agents had specific orders, they had implicit delegated authority and therefore could not be convicted of anything that was in the line of duty.
The jury did not buy it.
I am not sure it is the same guy but I think it is.
=8-]
Oh yeah! Karl Rove did it and it's Bush's fault! LOL
GREAT POINT!
Yes, you are correct. It's the same guy.
Absolutely. This is a dangerous precedent to allow. This can be used by any to let whatever info they have loose to the public.
This is abominable. I hope that someone can do something about it because it constitutes a real danger for the future in my opinion.
Ditto. Motivated by one-upman-ship. Has nothing to do with upholding a trust or moral value.
President Reagans Statement granting a pardon to Mark Felt (i.e. "deep throat") and Edward S. Miller
President Reagan archives speech ^ | April 15, 1981 | President Ronald Reagan
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1413997/posts
Woodward, Bernstein and Bradlee had kept the identity of "Deep Throat" secret at the source's request, saying his name would be revealed upon his death. "We've kept that secret because we keep our word," Woodward said.
But with the Vanity Fair article and the family's statement, the three decided today to break their silence.
Bradlee, who was the Post's executive editor during Watergate, said today, "The thing that stuns me is that the goddamn secret has lasted this long."
Woodward went ahead despite skepticism that the former FBI official was competent to decide to change the ground rules of their secret relationship. Felt has been in declining health since suffering a stroke in 2001.
Woodward, now a Post assistant managing editor, said he is writing an article for Thursday's newspaper that will provide a personal account of his and Bernstein's experience in covering Watergate. Bernstein is now a freelance writer and lecturer.
Woodward said Felt helped The Post at a time of tense relations between the White House and much of the FBI hierarchy. He said the Watergate break-in came shortly after the death of legendary FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, Felt's mentor, and that Felt and other bureau officials wanted to see an FBI veteran promoted to succeed Hoover.
Felt himself had hopes that he would be the next FBI director, but Nixon instead appointed an administration insider, assistant attorney general L. Patrick Gray, to the post.
Bradlee, in an interview this afternoon, said that knowing that "Deep Throat" was a high-ranking FBI official helped him feel confident about the information that the paper was publishing about Watergate. He said that he knew the "positional identity" of "Deep Throat" as the Post was breaking its Watergate stories and that he learned his name within a couple of weeks after Nixon's resignation.
"The number-two guy at the FBI, that was a pretty good source," he said.
"I knew the paper was on the right track," Bradlee said. The "quality of the source" and the soundness of his guidance made him sure of that, he said.
I think Deep Throat was that John Mason guy in Georgia who killed his fiance. He's got them shifty eyes, you know.
My desire that he be charged is just that - a desire.
Right now, the most important thing is to realize how the "historians" and "investigative reporters" have been trained now... some examples from earlier postings at FR:
Although he knew the source's identity, Bradlee said, "I've never met Felt. I wouldn't know him if I fell on him."
In a family statement released today, Felt's grandson, Nick Jones, said, "The family believes my grandfather, Mark Felt Sr., is a great American hero who went well above and beyond the call of duty at much risk to himself to save his country from a horrible injustice." The statement added, "We all sincerely hope the country will see him this way as well."
Jones said in the statement, "My grandfather is pleased he is being honored for his role as 'Deep Throat' with his friend Bob Woodward. As he recently told my mother, 'I guess people used to think "Deep Throat" was a criminal, but now they think he was a hero.'"
"what kind of justice?"
Strip him of his pension which you and I are paying.
Yep, soulnds like a payback to me too.
Look here: Felt is a democrat!
http://www.stormloader.com/marvinray/firstdraft.htm
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