Deep Throat revealed?

Mark Felt, age 91, says he was Deep Throat: SANTA ROSA, Calif. – A former FBI official claims he was “Deep Throat,” the long-anonymous source who leaked secrets about President Nixon’s Watergate coverup to The Washington Post, his family said Tuesday. I’ve got no reason to doubt him, but I’d like to hear it from … Continue reading “Deep Throat revealed?”

Mark Felt, age 91, says he was Deep Throat:

SANTA ROSA, Calif. – A former FBI official claims he was “Deep Throat,” the long-anonymous source who leaked secrets about President Nixon’s Watergate coverup to The Washington Post, his family said Tuesday.

I’ve got no reason to doubt him, but I’d like to hear it from Woodward.

Here’s the Vanity Fair story.

UPDATE: OK, Woodward has confirmed Felt was DT. He’d been coy about it because he’s got a book to sell. Given J. Edgar’s use of FBI information to keep politicians in line throughout his career, the leaking of info by the FBI’s number 2 isn’t so weird, is it?