[I. M. Trenchant]

You make an excellent point. On page 188 of Felt's The FBI Pyramid, he may have been making just such a veiled threat to any who would mess-with-Mark, when he quotes Miss Gandy as having said, at the time of Hoover's death, that "all Bureau files should be sent to Mr. Felt." Even so, I think much too little is being said about the culpability of Woodward, who has legal training, but claims, absurdly, that Felt didn't do anything that was illegal. I have not yet heard anyone ask Woodward if he could be charged with obstructing justice for protecting Felt's identity. Assuming others did not know, for certain, that Felt was Deep Throat, only Woodward could have known that Deep Throat was indeed guilty of numerous federal offences. I noticed on 'Larry King Live' last night that Woodward pressed the point that Felt had not revealed information from Grand Jury testimony, but he may be on 'thin ice' about this if some vigorous young federal prosecutors, with a Woodward-like zeal to make a name for themselves, took a close look at all that Woodward sourced to Deep Throat. Maybe in Woodward's visit to the White House, 'W' let him know that there are federal prosecutors who want to pursue him.

[Black Tooth]

I think it may go further than her just suggesting that. He may have been in possession of many files before and after Hoovers death. I think it's known that Gandy gave him boxes of files within just days of Hoover's death, and some files have come up missing, I believe. In any event, it's my feeling that there may be a few in D.C. that have been in that town a long time, that are quietly watching this event unfold, and maybe hoping it just goes away, with out any further surprises.