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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-15-10 05:13 PM
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I'm Deep Throat
Ex-FBI official: I'm ‘Deep Throat’

Breaking a silence of 30 years, former FBI deputy director W. Mark Felt stepped forward Tuesday as Deep Throat, the secret Washington Post source that helped bring down President Nixon during the Watergate scandal.

Within hours, the paper confirmed his claim.

“It’s the last secret” of the story, said Ben Bradlee, the paper’s top editor at the time the riveting political drama played out three decades ago.

It tumbled out in stages during the day — first when a lawyer quoted Felt in a magazine article as having said he was the source; then when the former FBI man’s family issued a statement hailing him as a “great American hero.” Within hours, the newspaper confirmed Felt’s claim, ending one of the most enduring mysteries in American politics and journalism.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8047258/
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-15-10 05:16 PM
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1. That's just a conspiracy theory...
Edited on Wed Sep-15-10 05:17 PM by JuniperLea
How many people would it have taken to keep this secret all this time?

Oh wait... they did!

:rofl:
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Blue Owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-15-10 05:18 PM
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2. No, I'M Deep Throat
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9140167
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B Calm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-15-10 06:11 PM
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6. Some say O'Donnell was Deap Throat in College. . .
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-15-10 05:22 PM
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3. Shouldn't this thread be in Late Breaking News?
Geologically speaking, five years and 3 months is practically yesterday.
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Buns_of_Fire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-15-10 05:29 PM
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4. Maybe we need a "Late" Breaking News
Since Mr. Felt was promoted to "The Late" Mr. Felt almost two years ago?
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Old Troop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-15-10 06:09 PM
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5. Right now I'm sore throat
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