Comments on: Watergate “Deep Throat” Gravely Ill

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 12 Feb 2005 16:38:33 +0000

If you think John Dean was the "slimiest " figure regarding Watergate then you should do your homework. If you lived during that time you have either had a slight stroke or forgotten most of what was made public regarding the people around Nixon. Dean was one of the most spotless!!!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 19:01:23 +0000

How can Gerald Ford be accused of being Deep throat? He didn't become Vice President until late 1973 which was obviously long after the scandal had broken. B and W have said that Throat was a man linked to the executive branch of government, which Ford was...but not until after the majority of the scandal had already surfaced. Take Ford out of the equation.

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 14:29:20 +0000

How about the ailing 91 year-old Former President Gerald Ford? Ford was notably absent from President Clinton's library grand opening and President Bush's inauguration.

It would have been in Ford's best interest to be an unnamed source. He figured that Nixon was not above firing people who didn't see things his way and given that he was vice president, people would have dismissed his information as a means of ascending to the presidency.

Then again, Woodward and Bradlee could be throwing us a red herring to keep us off the path.

By: Backcountry Conservative

Backcountry Conservative — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 03:24:12 +0000

Deep Throat Ill?
John Dean in the L.A. Times via James Joyner I have little doubt that one of my former Nixon White House colleagues is history's best-known anonymous source â Deep Throat. But I'll be damned if I can figure out exactly...

By: Tom Watson

Tom Watson — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 02:04:37 +0000

Deep Throat Dying?
The well-worn Watergate saga of Deep Throat, the shadowy insider source for Woodward and Bernstein, retains its fascination for one good reason: most secrets are not so well-kept. For this reason, I've never subscribed to conspiracy theories; human na...

By: Mark the Pundit

Mark the Pundit — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 01:41:29 +0000

"Deep Throat" Dying? Via James, we learn that the Watergate source known as "Deep Throat" is gravely ill and may be dead soon. Well, if this rumor is true, than that leaves Adrian Havill's theory that George H.W. Bush is Deep Throat shot...

By: Zed

Zed — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 22:49:29 +0000

I have always entertained the thought that Bill Safire was deep throat, not likely, but amusing.

By: Slowplay.com

Slowplay.com — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 17:53:31 +0000

Deep Throat 'gravely ill' I have never understood the fascination with the actual identity of Deep Throat. I keep thinking it's going to be some hotel bellhop or something, thus completely taking the fun out of the actual revealing, which is supposedly promised when 'Throat ...

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 16:08:23 +0000

There was an article last week claiming George H.W. Bush was Deep Throat. Well, he looked just fine yesterday at the Super Bowl, so we can count him out as being the guy.

As for Dean, he did serve 4 months in prison for obstruction of justice, but now is just a has-been former insider who rants to anyone who will listen that Bush should be impeached.

Perhaps Dean is just jealous of Ramsey Clark...

By: ken

ken — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 15:58:41 +0000

James, you are wrong about Dean. He did not participate in the crimes being committed at the white house and when he found out about them he first warned the president and then testified against him.

Being privy to crimes as the presidents legal council does not mean that he participated in them and deserved to go to jail like Libby. If that was the case then every corporate lawyer in America would probably deserve some jail time as well.

BTW, if you think Liddy is a model worthy of emulation and respect then your values are way out of line. The way you describe him makes him sound like a gang member who proves his manhood by taking his jail time without ratting out on his fellow criminals.

By: DC Loser

DC Loser — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 15:35:19 +0000

I wonder why Bill Gertz's sources haven't been put in jail yet for all the classified materials that's been leaked to the man.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 15:31:50 +0000

The Watergate scandal was an abomination and those involved deserved to be prosecuted for their crimes. I call Dean "slimey," though because he participated and then turned against his co-conspirators to save his own hide and has since made a living impugning those with whom he worked. I much prefer the model of G. Gordon Liddy, who took responsibility for his actions, refused to betray his comrades for personal gain, and served his sentence like a man.

By: ken

ken — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 15:21:19 +0000

James, you are calling John Dean a slimey figure when he was the only one in the Nixon White House with enough charactor and integrity to testify against the crimes going on within that white house.

You are the one doing the sliming, which makes you a slimey figure.

By: The American Mind

The American Mind — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 14:57:30 +0000

Deep Throat Illin'
We may soon find out who Watergate's Deep Throat is. Bob Woodard has said he or she is ill and...