this Mark Felt guy - was he on anybodys list of possible 'deep throat'

[KG]

identities?

i've read alot of conjecture about who deep throat might be, but never saw felts name before.

[unblock]

1. odd, he's been on every list i've seen.

[sasquatch]

2. I always thought it was either Buchannon or Herbert Herbert Bush

:shrug:
LBJ's illigetimate son Jonah Goldberg thought he didn't exist.

[SmokingJacket]

3. He was on almost every list.

He didn't stick out or anything, because he wasn't famous. But he was on all the lists.

A few months ago, when there was a rumor it might be Poppy, I went and researched all the possibilities, and I told my husband at that time I thought it was Felt. He was the one person who fit all the requirements, plus he'd almost admitted it at one time, plus he was close to dying.

[UrbScotty]

4. Chris Matthews says Felt was high on many lists he's seen.

I had never heard of him until today.

[Warpy]

12. Not high enough for Tweety to mention, apparently

Yes, he's been on a few lists, but most pundits dismissed him rather cavalierly because they didn't know who the hell he was.

That made him a perfect candidate, though.

[GreenArrow]

5. given the notoriety of some of the other suspects --

Haig, Buchannan, "Poppy", Rehnquist -- it would be easy to overlook a guy like Felt, even if he were on the lists. If this really is him, what an anti-climax.

[Kingofalldems]

6. A lot of people thought it was

L. Patrick Gray, head of the FBI at the time. Felt was #2 in the FBI.

[H2O Man]

7. Sure

He is named as the leading suspect on the White House tapes, and has been on every serious "short list" since.

[benddem]

8. they just played some of Nixon's tapes

on NBC...Haldeman told Nixon it was Felt. Nixon made his normal obnoxious comment about him being a Jew. But Felt was on many lists...but I never heard of him till today.

[oldtime dfl_er]

9. Jeffrey Toobin, who I trust, said the story had the ring of truth

and the guy shows up consistently on every list of possibles. He's just not intriguing , darn it all, the way Pat Buchanan would be.

www.cafepress.com/showtheworld

[H2O Man]

11. "He's just not intriguing..."

Think about what he was convicted for. This is a guy who was one of J. Edgar Hoover's top students. There is a lot more to this than meets the eye.

[Zen Democrat]

10. I believe it was Felt because Bernstein has confirmed it.

I wouldn't believe Felt -- or Woodward -- or Bradlee. But I'll believe Bernstein.