Deep Throat Comes Forward

dudden22 · #1 05-31-2005, 11:07 AM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vanity Fair magazine said on Tuesday that Mark Felt, a former FBI official, had revealed himself to be "Deep Throat," the legendary source who leaked Watergate scandal secrets to the Washington Post and brought down President Richard Nixon.

Unmasking the identity of "Deep Throat," a key source for Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, would solve one of the greatest political and journalistic mysteries of recent history.

The magazine said Felt, now a retiree living in Santa Rosa, California, had admitted his role in the scandal to his family and had cooperated with the story. It is the first time a major potential source has claimed to be "Deep Throat."

gldstwmn · #2 05-31-2005, 11:09 AM

Wow.

dissention · #3 05-31-2005, 11:09 AM

Fech, I still think it's Diane Sawyer.

dudden22 · #4 05-31-2005, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by dissention

Fech, I still think it's Diane Sawyer.

I remember that guy who wrote a book in the 90's swore that it was George Bush Sr.

dissention · #5 05-31-2005, 12:17 PM

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I remember that guy who wrote a book in the 90's swore that it was George Bush Sr.

Oh puhleeze.

How anticlimactic would that be? Nope, I think it's Sawyer.

irishgrl · #6 05-31-2005, 03:20 PM

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Oh puhleeze.

How anticlimactic would that be? Nope, I think it's Sawyer.

oh Diss, give over gracefully will ya?

dissention · #7 05-31-2005, 03:32 PM

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oh Diss, give over gracefully will ya?

C'mon, how cool would it be to know that the lovely Diane Sawyer brought down the Nixon administration? It warms my cockles just thinking about it.

SuzeQuze · #8 05-31-2005, 03:35 PM

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C'mon, how cool would it be to know that the lovely Diane Sawyer brought down the Nixon administration? It warms my cockles just thinking about it.

It's a lovely thought and would be a demonstration of feminine power which many (neo-cons and then some) don't even believe in.

amber · #9 05-31-2005, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

C'mon, how cool would it be to know that the lovely Diane Sawyer brought down the Nixon administration? It warms my cockles just thinking about it.

More importantly, why has no one made even one of the millions of jokes that came into my head when I read the title of this thread?

ontheEdgeof17 · #10 05-31-2005, 04:01 PM

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More importantly, why has no one made even one of the millions of jokes that came into my head when I read the title of this thread?

Ah. It's pointless. We knew Le Stew would come forward eventually.

dissention · #11 05-31-2005, 04:02 PM

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More importantly, why has no one made even one of the millions of jokes that came into my head when I read the title of this thread?

Just because I didn't make them, it doesn't mean I didn't think them.

amber · #12 05-31-2005, 04:04 PM

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Ah. It's pointless. We knew Le Stew would come forward eventually.

right. I couldn't say them, Oim a laidy, I am!

seeker007nmss · #13 05-31-2005, 04:07 PM

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right. I couldn't say them, Oim a laidy, I am!

But we know you THOUGHT them....

amber · #14 05-31-2005, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by seeker007nmss

But we know you THOUGHT them....

Yeah, me and every other 12 year old boy on this board...

catinthedark · #15 05-31-2005, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by dudden22

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vanity Fair magazine said on Tuesday that Mark Felt, a former FBI official, had revealed himself to be "Deep Throat," the legendary source who leaked Watergate scandal secrets to the Washington Post and brought down President Richard Nixon.

Unmasking the identity of "Deep Throat," a key source for Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, would solve one of the greatest political and journalistic mysteries of recent history.

The magazine said Felt, now a retiree living in Santa Rosa, California, had admitted his role in the scandal to his family and had cooperated with the story. It is the first time a major potential source has claimed to be "Deep Throat."

Until Bob or Carl confirms it, which they've said they won't do til Deep Throat is dead, I'm not buying it. Maybe Buddy is just trying to get rich on the talk show circuit before he goes...

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