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As "Deep Throat," Felt, now 91, frequently met Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward in a Washington parking garage to provide or confirm information about the Watergate investigation, which drove President Nixon from office in 1974.
"What a terrific story," Rather said.
"This was great reporting. I think the public should know that great reporting starts with a publisher who has guts and an editor who has guts. And the role of the late Katherine Graham, who owned The Washington Post, is not to be underestimated," Rather said. He also praised former Post editor Ben Bradlee.
The Watergate affair "was a widespread criminal conspiracy" led by Nixon, using his power to take the view that "the Constitution doesn't apply to us because we're in power," said Rather. "If Mark Felt had not provided information to the Washington Post, I think they would have got away with it."
How many computers were stolen from Republican headquarters around the country last election?
Dan should have taken his wise father's advice and not have been a whiner. That is the very reason that I stopped watching CBS news long ago. I just couldn't abide Dan's tears and whining.