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[MeanWestTexan]

1. Nixon sure thought Felt was the man and had access to the info.
2. Means, motive (passover of job), and opportunity.
3. Classic spy approach (by feeb who did counter-intel) of meetings.
4. Felts said it --- apparently for some time, according to family.
5. W&B said it --- apparently for some time, given that one of their sons leaked the story years ago at camp.

[trisham]

Why is this an advantage to Woodward? How does he profit from it?

[leadpenny]

I haven't followed the story as closely as others but what
has Ben Bradlee said about Felt? He knew who DT was.

[Fledermaus]

There are people that have said they saw the original manuscript for "All the President's Men" and there was no Deep Throat in the story.

But there was a long litany of individual sources that the book editor thought would be easier, and less tedious, consolidating the most trivial of information and create a mysterious character.

Felt was nothing but a source, and only for confirmation more than for actual material. According to the facts versus the conjecture that Deep Throat knows more than possible for even a high-up FBI agent it's clear he was always going to probably be declared the source.

So simply put, he decided to cash in on his terms and probably had enough of his butt covered to be able to prove he gave and confirmed information to Woodward. Maybe if Bobby boy had of greased him and his family all these years his selfishness, ego and greed would have still been rewarded as he intended with the death of Felt or whomever he could peddle as Deep Throat.

[jackieaxe]

Great post. One liar stands up and says I was Deep Throat while Woodstein (another liar(s)) stands up and swears to it. Deep Throat was not one person, but a convenient invention to write what ever they wanted. Unsourced reporting is an oxymoron, for the consumption of morons. Unsourced reporting allows so-called journalists to say or assert anything that fits their bias. If they are called on it, they (like Newsweek) claim "my source can no longer stand by that statement", or "my source stands by their statement". So what? Taken to the natural conclusion, you end up with liars like Dan Rather saying "..the documents may have been false but the story id true..."

Seriously, is there a journalist or Professor of Journalism who can tell me when using unsourced quotes is reporting.

[maestro]

......In fact, as Kincaid noted in a column on the case, Felt was not in a position to supply information about Watergate that is attributed to Deep Throat in the Woodward/Bernstein book about the scandal. In a recent interview, history professor and Watergate expert Joan Hoff told Kincaid that the alleged "close and fuzzy relationship" between Woodward and Felt is questionable because "Felt can't deny it and it will be based only and exclusively on Woodward's word." Hoff complained, "There is no proof for it. When is the press going to hold his feet to the fire and say, 'where is the documentation?'" ...

Exactly....

...?Who is 'Chuck' Colson?

[Spirited]

Thanks, AIM for putting the questions to them that the media won't. Since they control it all the questions need to be brought forward forcefully to get statements from those involved.

There have been more media lies than there ever were Nixon wrong doings.