Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 12:48:51 -0400
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
From: Elspeth Kovar <ekovar at worldnet.att.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: The end of a Washington mystery
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

At 12:01 PM 5/31/2005, Michael Walsh wrote:
> > sfbookfan at yahoo.com 5/31/2005 11:48:42 AM >>>
> >I have the TV on and this story just broke.  An
> >article in Vanity Fair identifies Deep Throat as W.
> >Mark Felt.  I believe he was #2 at the F.B.I. during
> >the Nixon administration.  He's currently ill and
> >living in CA.  The writer of the article was
> >interviewed on ABC news by Charlie Gibson
>
>This: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8047258/ has "W. Mark Felt, who retired
>from the FBI after rising to its second most senior position, has
>identified himself as the 'Deep Throat' "
>
>Of course the more conspiratorially minded will claim he's actually
>covering up for someone else...

There's also this, from Editor and Publisher:

"Contacted by E&P, former Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein, who with
Bob Woodward relied on the man dubbed 'Deep Throat' for crucial advice in
their Watergate sleuthing, would neither confirm of deny Felt was the
source, and said that the Woodward-Bernstein team would not change its stance.

"I think people are jumping up and down about this, but we have nothing to
say other than what we have said which is when the individual dies, we will
disclose his identity," he said. "Other sources have released us from
pledges, but nothing has happened that could change that in these
circumstances.""

http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000938762

Elspeth