Whoa - Deep Throat Identity Revealed

daRk_heLmet · May 31, 2005, 11:48 AM

W. Mark Felt, who retired from the FBI after rising to its second most senior position, has identified himself as the "Deep Throat" source quoted by The Washington Post to break the Watergate scandal that led to President Nixon's resignation, Vanity Fair magazine said Tuesday.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8047258/

BTW, if you dont know about this stuff...go here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate

**Vikingod** · May 31, 2005, 11:54 AM

wow, very interesting. Thats a piece of history and a half.

Tipstaff · May 31, 2005, 04:12 PM

I thought Linda Lovelace was 'Deep Throat'?

-Tip

BiGBrOwNPimpsta · May 31, 2005, 04:39 PM

wow so it wasnt the ninja from metal gear solid?!!

digerati · May 31, 2005, 04:43 PM

I wonder how long it'll take before this gets put into History books?

Lelisevis · May 31, 2005, 05:04 PM

Yeah but reeeeeeeaaallly 'Deep throat' is that the absolute best they could manage. And to think Austin Powers hadn't even been invented.

swatX · Jun 1, 2005, 04:09 AM

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Originally Posted by BiGBrOwNPimpsta

wow so it wasnt the ninja from metal gear solid?!!

lol what the f***?

daedal · Jun 1, 2005, 04:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BiGBrOwNPimpsta

wow so it wasnt the ninja from metal gear solid?!!

That's what I was thinking.

Duranix · Jun 1, 2005, 04:52 AM

-Grey fox / 1337 ninja / Frankie "just call me 'Deap throat"
-Snake "You mea the man from the watergate scandal?"
-Grey fox / 1337 ninja / Frankie "Nevermind..."

raid517 · Jun 1, 2005, 07:48 AM

I just hope he gets to tell his side of the story before it's too late. It would be a great service to history if he does.

The question that interests me though, is what do people on the right here think of him? Is he a hero or is he a traitor? He after all uncovered a criminal conspiracy at the very highest level of American government. But I frequently hear attitudes from people on the right that they would rather the media didn't report such things - especially when a Republican government is in power.

So what do you guys think? Is he a hero or not - and how exactly do you think he should be remembered?

GJ

Ubergrendle · Jun 1, 2005, 08:12 AM

Definitely hero. The fact he has kept silent till now is his recognition that he did a morally suspect thing in terms of loyalty, but only in the interests of the greater good. His coming forth now is mainly to clear the historical record -- ask any questions still lingering before he passes on.

From what I understand, he was the choke point for information going from the FBI field office to the White House...he saw clear and deliberate interference in the interests of keeping the case closed. Everything he told to Woodward & Bernstein had to be independently corroborated 2x and 3x (Dan Rather, listen up). As I understand it, he provided some hints and clues in terms of direction for the investigation by the journalists...nothing more.

In many ways I think Nixon was actually a good president that had a fatal flaw (paranoia)...several presidents since Nixon have been actually more corrupt (e.g. Reagan: Iran/Contra) , but just haven't been caught. There's not enough Felts in the world unfortunately.

Sandok · Jun 1, 2005, 08:19 AM

Saw about it on the TV... Never knew anything about it... Well, I am not american so that explains why I never heard of this history story...

Captn · Jun 1, 2005, 06:56 PM

They should throw the old geezer in jail for what he did !

raid517 · Jun 1, 2005, 08:06 PM

Lol! True to form... Despite being involved in one of the most despicable criminal conspiracies in American political history, you would rather that the story got covered up and Nixon was allowed to continue in government. You would have been happy with a crook in government, just as long as it was a 'republican' crook.

Well luckily enough that is not too hard to achieve - as as far as I can see, most republican governments end up becomming crooks one way or another anyway.

GJ

BiGBrOwNPimpsta · Jun 1, 2005, 08:37 PM

good he got rid of a republicans, but thats my more left wing bias talking