Deep Throat: The Game Is Afoot

[Gman]

Very interesting article from 1999.

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Deep Throat: The Game Is Afoot
Timothy Noah
Posted Thursday, July 29, 1999, at 1:42 PM PT

Reporter David Daley of the Hartford Courant has found W. Mark Felt, the former FBI associate director believed by the late Richard Nixon and various other people to have been Deep Throat. (See "Another Bulletin From the Deep Throat Desk," "Deep Throat Revealed ," and "Deep Throat Revealed .") Knowing that Felt had denied being Deep Throat before, Chatterbox wondered aloud earlier this week whether Felt would still deny it. Daley did better than wonder: In a story published in Wednesday's Courant, Daley tracked the 85-year-old Felt down in California and asked him if he was Deep Throat. "No, it's not me," Felt answered.

I would have done better. I would have been more effective. Deep Throat didn't exactly bring the White House crashing down, did he?

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Nixon: Well, if they've got a leak down at the FBI, why the hell can't Gray tell us what the hell is left? You know what I mean?...

Haldeman: We know what's left, and we know who leaked it.

Nixon: Somebody in the FBI?

Haldeman: Yes, sir. Mark Felt. You can't say anything about this because it will screw up our source and there's a real concern. Mitchell is the only one who knows about this and he feels strongly that we better not do anything because--

Nixon: Do anything? Never.

Haldeman: If we move on him, he'll go out and unload everything. He knows everything that's to be known in the FBI. He has access to absolutely everything ...

Nixon: What would you do with Felt?

Haldeman: Well, I asked Dean ...

Nixon: You know what I'd do with him, the bastard? Well that's all I want to hear about it.

Haldeman: I think he wants to be in the top spot.

Nixon: That's a hell of a way for him to get to the top.

Haldeman: You can figure a lot of--maybe he thought--first of all, he has to figure that if you stay in as president there's a possibility or probability Gray will stay on. If McGovern comes in, then you know Gray's going to be out ...

Nixon: Is he Catholic?

Haldeman: (unintelligible) Jewish.

President Nixon: Christ, put a Jew in there?

Haldeman: Well, that could explain it too.

http://slate.msn.com/id/1003301/

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[ET Awful]

1. Hehehe, why is it that every time I see transcripts of Nixon tapes

there's always some kind of anti-semitic remark?

[swag]

3. Yeah, I know.

"A Jewish cabal!" and so on.

Preoccupied little man.

[CottonBear]

4. Because Nixon was an mean-sprited, anti-semitic bastard.

This is all so interesting. I remember watching Nixon's resignation speech with my family, cousins and maternal grandparents that summer evening long ago. We all just sat there in total silence. Shocked. Speechless.
My parents and aunt and uncle were Republicans. My PawPaw was a lifelong Democrat who had voted for "Tricky Dick", as he called him. PawPaw told me he was sorry that he'd ever voted for him

[Gman]

6. We lit up a joint at the moment Nixon came on TV

to announce his resignation. We had prepared a very special joint to be smoked in celebration! It was a very joyous moment.

[CottonBear]

8. I'm sure that was a memorable spliff!

I was just a kid about to go into 5th grade. I had no idea what spliffs were!

My dad was a big Republican and I always watched the news and read the papers with him. He never told me what to think, he just encouraged me to read and listen.

[Crankie Avalon]

5. I know what you mean...

...his transcripts are always so sleazy and dirty, and the anti-Semitism just tops it off.

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. So now that Deep Throat has gone public

is he finally going to tell us everything else he knows?

This could be real bad news for the Bushies. I bet their wishing they finished him off back then. Now he's come back to haunt them.

[formercia]

7. His coming out is well timed.

He sees the danger because he's been on the inside and knows that a lot of the dirty players back then are still in the loop.