"My recollection is that the house of cards was falling and that Dean was simply one who decided to stop trying to keep them from falling."
As I recollect, that is true.
If there is a true villain that I truly despise, it's this "Deep Throat" traitor. Did I ever tell that Pat Nixon was, and still, is my favorite First Lady. I admired Nixon back then in my younger days as I do now.
"My recollection is that the house of cards was falling and that Dean was simply one who decided to stop trying to keep them from falling."
Dean was the guy I think (ala "Silent Coup") that was behind the Watergate Break In. The main thing at the "DNC Headquarters" they were after was the black book and arraigments for hookers, and to see who they could blackmail. Dean's girlfriend and later wife was one of the hookers.
In my post #302 above I questioned why one would choose to despise Dean above all others. I would ask you the same.
Felt was evidently convicted at some time for "authorizing" warrantless searches presumed to be aimed at tracking down domestic terrorists. I find this despicable and expect the FBI to follow the Constitution. The goal of tracking down domestic terrorists, however, is a good one.
In the case of the Watergate leaks, one should question Felt's motives because sometimes people will have motive to lie and deceive. Felt had no such motive. His motive may have been revenge for being passed over, but his actions were aimed at uncovering a conspiracy involving the President, an Attorney General, and a cast of dozens who later are convicted of felonies. Felt had no duty to protect information that our President was a crook. I doubt that there was any more effective way to get the truth out.