Bernstein's father was an open Communist who *HATED* Nixon for busting Alger Hiss.
Hiss was the Soviet spy "Ales" who accepted the Stalin Prize for doing the most to subvert the United States Government.
I remember reading a piece a long time ago (I mean YEARS ago) wherein the author stated that Bernstein's father had it in for Nixon.
Anyone?
“Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein, whose parents were also Communists
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Deep Throat loved scotch, gossip
Jun 01 10:40
AFP
In their book All the President's Men, journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein said their Watergate source, Deep Throat, worked in the Executive Branch and was "an incurable gossip".
He smoked. He liked Scotch. He distrusted the telephone.
The Washington Post reporters revealed little else, particularly not his name.
Three decades later, the most famous anonymous source in the history of journalism has been unmasked as Mark Felt, a top official in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Mr Felt, now 91, revealed his identity as Deep Throat in an article in Vanity Fair magazine, and it was confirmed by The Washington Post.
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Mr Woodward and Mr Bernstein wrote Deep Throat had an "extremely sensitive" position in government and "access to information from the White House, Justice, the FBI and CRP (Richard Nixon's Committee for the Re-election of the President)".
"He could be contacted only on very important occasions," they wrote. "Woodward had promised he would never identify him or his position to anyone.
"Further, he had agreed never to quote the man, even as an anonymous source."
"Deep Throat never tried to inflate his knowledge or show off his importance," they wrote.
"He always told rather less than he knew. He was dispassionate and seemed committed to the best version of the obtainable truth.
"The Nixon White House worried him. 'They are all underhanded and unknowable'," Deep Throat was quoted as saying.
"Aware of his own weaknesses, he readily conceded his flaws. He was, incongruously, an incurable gossip, careful to label rumour for what it was, but fascinated by it."
Washington Post managing editor Howard Simons dubbed Mr Woodward's source Deep Throat after the title of a popular pornographic film of the day.
Mr Woodward's meetings with Deep Throat took place mostly at 2 am in an underground parking garage after arrangements worthy of a spy novel.
Deep Throat was worried about surveillance, so Mr Woodward would move a flower pot containing a red flag to the rear of his apartment balcony if he wanted to meet.
Deep Throat would request a meeting by drawing a clock on the copy of The New York Times delivered to Mr Woodward's apartment.
Deep Throat and Mr Woodward met seven times to help he and Mr Bernstein break stories about the involvement of Nixon administration officials in the June 17, 1972, burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate hotel complex.
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Staley raised eyebrows when the HRC acquired Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's Watergate archive for $5 million.
"The trick was finding the funds outside the university," said Staley. Containing more than 250 reporter's notepads, memos, photographs, drafts of stories, and All the President's Men, both the book and the screenplay, the collection realizes Ransom's vision in all ways but one: It is not complete. Documents relating to confidential sources, including Deep Throat, have been kept in Washington. Only after the sources die will their names be revealed and the documents sent to the HRC.
UT's Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
Bernstein's father was an open Communist who *HATED* Nixon for busting Alger Hiss.
Hiss was the Soviet spy "Ales" who accepted the Stalin Prize for doing the most to subvert the United States Government.