Deep Throat

"W. Mark Felt, 91, who was second-in-command at the FBI in the early 1970s, ... says he was the source called Deep Throat who leaked secrets about President Richard Nixon's Watergate coverup to The Washington Post [and Felt] kept the secret even from his family until 2002, when he confided to a friend that he had been Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward's source," Vanity Fair reported Tuesday, May 31, 2005. [1]

According to the Associated Press, May 31, 2005, "Felt is one of a number of people who have been named over the years as the source whose disclosures helped bring down the Nixon presidency. Others include Assistant Attorney General Henry Peterson, deputy White House counsel Fred Fielding, and even ABC newswoman Diane Sawyer, who then worked in the White House press office. ... In 1999, Felt denied he was the man." [2]

• Read the Vanity Fair Press Room Advance Copy of "I'm the Guy They Called Deep Throat."
• See "Deep Throat (Watergate)" in the Wikipedia.

External Links

Pre-2005

• James Mann, "Deep Throat: An Institutional Analysis," The Atlantic Online, May 1992.
• Lisa Todorovich, "Watergate 25: deep throat suspects," Washington Post, June 13, 1997.
• Timothy Noah, "Why Did Bob Woodward Lunch With Mark Felt in 1999? Was it to ask if he could unmask Deep Throat?" Slate, May 2, 2002.

2005

• Joe Strupp and Greg Mitchell, "Bernstein Won't Confirm or Deny Report that Felt is 'Deep Throat'," Editor & Publisher, May 31, 2005.
• "Author of 'Deep Throat' Piece Put Woodward on the Spot," Editor & Publisher, May 31, 2005.
• "Ex-FBI official: I'm 'Deep Throat'. But Watergate reporter won't confirm, deny story," MSNBC, May 31, 2005.
• David Corn and Jeff Goldberg, "How Deep Throat Fooled the FBI," The Nation, June 13, 2005.