"Deep Throat" Revealed

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"Deep Throat" Revealed

(CNN) -- The legendary source "Deep Throat" in the Watergate scandal that brought down a president has been identified by Vanity Fair magazine and The Washington Post as W. Mark Felt.

Felt, now 91, was the No. 2 official at the FBI in the early 1970s. The information he provided Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein helped them break many of the stories that led to the resignation of President Nixon in August 1974.

The revelation Tuesday ended more than three decades of speculation about Woodward and Bernstein's famous confidential source in reporting on the cover-up by the Nixon White House following the bungled break-in of National Democratic Committee headquarters at the Watergate office-hotel-apartment complex on June 17, 1972.
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It was amusing watching all of the Nixon apologistas on FOX News last night. You would have thought Nixon was a saint constantly assailed by jealous critics if you believed G. Gordon Liddy, Pat Buchanan et al.

Nixon was a crook and got what he deserved but I am glad he got to somewhat rehabilitate his image in his later years.

Remember kids: It's not the crime that will get you, it's the cover-up.
 
ABC kept insinuating that about half of Americans absolutely hated deep throat (present tense).

I hate ABC so much, they are like FOX Light.
 
[quote name='MrBadExample']I was surprised no one had started this thread yet.

"Deep Throat" Revealed



It was amusing watching all of the Nixon apologistas on FOX News last night. You would have thought Nixon was a saint constantly assailed by jealous critics if you believed G. Gordon Liddy, Pat Buchanan et al.

Nixon was a crook and got what he deserved but I am glad he got to somewhat rehabilitate his image in his later years.

Remember kids: It's not the crime that will get you, it's the cover-up.[/QUOTE]

I am continually amazed at the lengths that these hacks will go to in an attempt to save face for the party. The shame here doesn’t lie with the whistleblower, but with the engineer(s) of the break-in. How about a little credit for Felt for doing what he thought was right for himself and his country?
 
[quote name='1modernboy']I am continually amazed at the lengths that these hacks will go to in an attempt to save face for the party. The shame here doesn’t lie with the whistleblower, but with the engineer(s) of the break-in. How about a little credit for Felt for doing what he thought was right for himself and his country?[/QUOTE]

Wow, you just described what half the country "felt" HA-HA-HA during 98-99 when we watched the Democratic hacks were out there defending Clinton as he perjured himself and obstructed justice.

After all these years, no one cares who Deep Throat is except liberal hacks who think Watergate and the Vietnam withdraw and collapse were highlights of American history. Nixon's been dead for 11 years and this was 31 years ago. It has as much to do with modern politics as the Kennedy assination and a possible Democratic coverup of masquerading as the Warren Commission.
 
Yep, people are dumbasses.

He didn't go through the "correct" channels at the FBI because he had no clue if the person he was telling wa sin on it. He could have been killed and no one would have ever been known. He did the right thing and hide and told the press.

But it shouldn't be too long before this one is closed too.
 
[quote name='PittsburghAfterDark']Wow, you just described what half the country "felt" HA-HA-HA during 98-99 when we watched the Democratic hacks were out there defending Clinton as he perjured himself and obstructed justice.[/QUOTE]


Except that Clinton lied about sex, and Nixon lied about everything.

Plus Clinton approvable rating was 65% (proving even more people are dumbasses) during the thing, so it wasn't half.
 
[quote name='PittsburghAfterDark']Wow, you just described what half the country "felt" HA-HA-HA during 98-99 when we watched the Democratic hacks were out there defending Clinton as he perjured himself and obstructed justice.[/QUOTE]

Bcause we all know that lying about a BJ is way worse than B&E, conspiracy, and obstuction.
 
[quote name='PittsburghAfterDark']Wow, you just described what half the country "felt" HA-HA-HA during 98-99 when we watched the Democratic hacks were out there defending Clinton as he perjured himself and obstructed justice.

After all these years, no one cares who Deep Throat is except liberal hacks who think Watergate and the Vietnam withdraw and collapse were highlights of American history. Nixon's been dead for 11 years and this was 31 years ago. It has as much to do with modern politics as the Kennedy assination and a possible Democratic coverup of masquerading as the Warren Commission.[/QUOTE]

at least what clinton committed perjury for wasn't illegal, or detrimental to anyone other than his wife and family.
 
Wow, you managing to mispell lying and obstruction. You know obstruction of justice was the same thing Clinton was charged with. So tell me, kitten killer, how Clinton shouldn't have been held accountable for it but Nixon should have?
 
[quote name='alonzomourning23']at least what clinton committed perjury for wasn't illegal, or detrimental to anyone other than his wife and family.[/QUOTE]

Perjury is illegal in itself.
 
I just wish Congress had the balls (and lack of partisanship) to impeach Dubya. Lying to go to war is far worse than anything Nixon or Clinton did.
 
[quote name='PittsburghAfterDark']Perjury is illegal in itself.[/QUOTE]

This is where I think the law is out of hand. If he was under oath, and he held up a blue pen and said "THIS PEN...IS RED!", then that would be illegal. How stupid is that?

Sometimes instead of looking at the letter of the law, you have to look at the spirit of it. What he lied about didn't matter.
 
[quote name='PittsburghAfterDark']Wow, you managing to mispell lying and obstruction. You know obstruction of justice was the same thing Clinton was charged with. So tell me, kitten killer, how Clinton shouldn't have been held accountable for it but Nixon should have?[/QUOTE]

A: Bite me, shut the fuck up or buy me a new keyboad.

B: Kitten killer?
 
It's too bad that lying is only lying is intentional. Damn, too bad you can't impeach for mistakes, we would have had Carter out before day 444 of the Iran Hostage Crisis.
 
[quote name='PittsburghAfterDark']Wow, you just described what half the country "felt" HA-HA-HA during 98-99 when we watched the Democratic hacks were out there defending Clinton as he perjured himself and obstructed justice.

After all these years, no one cares who Deep Throat is except liberal hacks who think Watergate and the Vietnam withdraw and collapse were highlights of American history. Nixon's been dead for 11 years and this was 31 years ago. It has as much to do with modern politics as the Kennedy assination and a possible Democratic coverup of masquerading as the Warren Commission.[/QUOTE]

True, a hack is a hack no matter what side of the fence he sits on. Still, I think comparing Watergate to Monica-gate is a little bit of a reach, except for the fact that both were national embarassments.
 
[quote name='PittsburghAfterDark']It's too bad that lying is only lying is intentional. Damn, too bad you can't impeach for mistakes, we would have had Carter out before day 444 of the Iran Hostage Crisis.[/QUOTE]

You're sugarcoating it. The Downing Street Memo shows Bush was lying not just mistaken.
 
The Downing Street Memo was what, British? Damn, too bad MI6 doesn't serve the U.S. and the President doesn't make decisions on foreign intelligence and memos.
 
[quote name='PittsburghAfterDark']The Downing Street Memo was what, British? Damn, too bad MI6 doesn't serve the U.S. and the President doesn't make decisions on foreign intelligence and memos.[/QUOTE]

Now you're just being obtuse. Here's a little snippet from the memo:

C reported on his recent talks in Washington. There was a perceptible shift in attitude. Military action was now seen as inevitable. Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy. The NSC had no patience with the UN route, and no enthusiasm for publishing material on the Iraqi regime's record. There was little discussion in Washington of the aftermath after military action.
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The President doesn't need to take action based on a foreign memo. Congress needs to start an investigation of our President based on the memo from our closest ally.
 
Back on topic...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050601/ts_afp/uswatergatedeepthroat_050601102344

I love this line...

"Aides to the late president Richard Nixon have said that former FBI deputy director Mark Felt, unmasked as the anonymous Watergate source known as "Deep Throat," had breached professional ethics by leaking information."

Oh yes, let's have the Nixon folks talk about ethics, hahaha, lame asses.

[quote name='Quackzilla']Do YOU know why PAD called me a kitten killer?[/QUOTE]

Because all democrats are. Didn't you know that?
 
[quote name='MrBadExample']The President doesn't need to take action based on a foreign memo. Congress needs to start an investigation of our President based on the memo from our closest ally.[/QUOTE]

Wishful thinking.
 
[quote name='PittsburghAfterDark']Wishful thinking.[/QUOTE]

Wishful thinking that he will be impeached, not wishful thinking that he deserves it.
 
[quote name='PittsburghAfterDark']I just loooove the warm, moist, and slightly scratchy feeling of fucking a sheep in it's tight little asshole.[/QUOTE]

Sicko.
 
[quote name='MrBadExample']You're sugarcoating it. The Downing Street Memo shows Bush was lying not just mistaken.[/QUOTE]

Can you provide a link to this memo? I would like to read it.
 
Jughead deepthroat was indeed a spoof/joke of the Linda Lovelace porno of the same name. The name chosen was not a coincidence.

The funniest thing I've seen on this all day was on Fox and Friends; they asked G Gordon Liddy (Campaign attorney for Nixon in '72.) if there was any truth to the rumors that Woodward and Bernstein were targets for assasination. He emphatically said no. When pressed on the issue how he could be so sure? He responded; if there had been, I would have been in charge of it.

I love Gordo.
 
[quote name='MrBadExample']See Post #23[/QUOTE]

You believe that? And you still think Blair would have won an election since?

Can you say internet hoax?

Totally grasping at straws.

But the best part was this:

It seemed clear that Bush had made up his mind to take military action, even if the timing was not yet decided. But the case was thin. Saddam was not threatening his neighbours, and his WMD capability was less than that of Libya, North Korea or Iran. We should work up a plan for an ultimatum to Saddam to allow back in the UN.

They conceede a belief he had WMDs! That it was greater or lesser than any other nation is irrelevant.

Which by the way what by far the best part of this memo is how it neatly sees into the future to address each and every problem we have had and currently have.

If it wasn't so neat and tidy I might even consider it.

CTL
 
[quote name='MrBadExample']I'm sure the rest of the world will rest easy now that you have so carefully debunked the memo. Sheesh![/QUOTE]

I just wouldn't want anyone on the Left to be fooled.

CTL
 
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,158228,00.html

Even Fox addressed it, today. The news has been mostly nonexistent in the US about this memo.

http://www.britishembassy.gov.uk/se...t/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1106661056058

Here's a brief bio about the author of the memo. I'm fairly certain that hoaxes last longer if you attribute it to an anonymous source; in the event that you do identify the writer, it's much more easily debunked (e.g., "Um, nope, I did not write that.").

myke.
...for some sadistic reason, G. Gordon being "G. Gordon" (i.e., not giving a flying fuck what anyone has to say) always makes me smirk. I cringe, too, but I also smirk.
 
[quote name='jughead']why was deepthroat called deepthroat (symbolism)?[/QUOTE]


Honestly it came from a Porn movie with the same name. Why they choose that is a different matter. I guess they were horney and watching it at the time.
 
[quote name='David85']Honestly it came from a Porn movie with the same name. Why they choose that is a different matter. I guess they were horney and watching it at the time.[/QUOTE]

Also, it may be related to the sound of a telephone voice distorter from the 60s.
 
[quote name='PittsburghAfterDark']Perjury is illegal in itself.[/QUOTE]

No kidding, but what he lied about should have been a non issue, outside of his family of course.
 
"We need someone like that who is highly placed to tell us what's really going on. We know that we were misled on Iraq," McGovern told Fox News Radio.
 
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