Comments on: Mark Felt Claims to Be Deep Throat: Part II

By: Nostalgic Rumblings

Nostalgic Rumblings — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 22:06:30 +0000

Washington Post Confirms Felt Is 'Deep Throat' The Washington Post today confirmed that W. Mark Felt, a former number-two official at the FBI, was "Deep Throat," the secretive source who provided information that helped unravel the Watergate scandal in the early 1970s and contributed to the r...

By: Intermittent Stream

Intermittent Stream — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 19:03:44 +0000

Deep Throating Inside the Beltway

So we all know by now that Deep Throat outed himself. What I can't figure out is, who really cares? From my position just across the Potomac, I'm at a loss to explain why this issue has an relevence today....

By: jedgar

jedgar — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 18:33:30 +0000

reliapundit: yep, the fbi watched everything. As LBJ said he'd rather have had me in the tent pissing out than outside pissing in. Remember we got our start in the Palmer raids of the twenties. Before that we couldn't even carry guns. But we better than some. That stupid gunner joe mccarthy really fouled up the investigation of commies in government. Made me look liberal even though I fingered MLK. Of course gunner joe was a commie, his whole purpose was to sow confusion and create anti-anti communism. That's why the Army and Tom Watson Jr (IBM) went after him.) McCarthy was turned by Burgess, blackmailed for his sexual peculiarities and Cohn kept him happy. Of course I liked a pretty skirt myself, but my driver never turned left because 3 rights were better. But most of the guys are the far right were useful idiots of the commie underground. Still are. Look how they've successfully silenced any criticism that might help in Iraq. They want us to fail.

-jedgar

By: Secure Liberty

Secure Liberty — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 13:25:15 +0000

Deep Throat Revealed

The secret that lasted for over 30 years is now revealed, and has been confirmed by Woodward and Bernstein, who broke the story that sank the Nixon presidency. (H/T Volokh Conspiracy) Breaking a silence of 30 years, former FBI deputy director W. Mark ...

By: Arguing with signposts… » Purely random

Arguing with signposts… » Purely random — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 04:05:37 +0000

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By: Ramblings' Journal

Ramblings' Journal — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 02:25:05 +0000

Ex-FBIer Felt says he's Deep Throat; Woodward confirms 30 years of pools are out the window. 91 year-old W. Mark Felt, a former FBI official, came out of the proverbial woodwork to announce himself as "Deep Throat," the near-legendary anonymous Watergate source.Felt spoke to writer John O'Connor for...

By: reliapundit

reliapundit — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 02:17:38 +0000

how and why did a dep director of the fbi - and a jedgar hoover protege - get access to all the inside dirt on tricky dick? was the fbi SPYING on the white house? if so - WHY? and was it legal?

By: Spaceman

Spaceman — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 02:03:52 +0000

Like who really cares at this point.

By: dw

dw — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:40:05 +0000

One other thing: how long before the press uses this to underline the importance of unnamed sources?

They have for years. The difference between then and now is that Woodward and Bernstein checked and cross-checked all the information Felt was giving them.

Fact-checking has been sorely lacking in modern journalism. Lots of reasons -- speed of news and short deadlines, media outlets slashing fact-checkers out of their budgets over the last 20 years, j-schools falling down on the job of training up reporters.

A good set of fact checkers wouldn't have let the Rather-gate story go to air without some confirmation from other sources. Ditto the Newsweek article. CBS and Newsweek cut those positions years ago, and they paid for it painfully.

By: The Glittering Eye

The Glittering Eye — Tue, 31 May 2005 23:24:54 +0000

Catching my eye: late edition

Today has been so hellaciously busy that the morning run-down got postponed to the afternoon and then to the evening. Before the day gets away I think there are a few things worth a look at: Marc Schulman of American...

By: Robert Prather

Robert Prather — Tue, 31 May 2005 23:16:33 +0000

One other thing: how long before the press uses this to underline the importance of unnamed sources?

By: Robert Prather

Robert Prather — Tue, 31 May 2005 22:56:42 +0000

I've wanted to know the name of Deep Throat for years, and it's now strangely anticlimactic.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Tue, 31 May 2005 21:44:42 +0000

And btw, you can't really say it was such a mistake not making him FBI director, given his willingness to leak. I'm all for busting Nixon & using leaks, but I can see not wanting such a character type at the head of FBI.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Tue, 31 May 2005 21:42:29 +0000

It's official.

By: The Political Teen » Deep Throat’s Grandson Speaks For Him (VIDEO)

The Political Teen » Deep Throat’s Grandson Speaks For Him (VIDEO) — Tue, 31 May 2005 21:15:10 +0000

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