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<p>*NEW YORK - A former FBI official claims he was “Deep Throat,” the long-anonymous source who leaked secrets about President Nixon’s Watergate coverup to The Washington Post, his family said Tuesday.</p>

<p>W. Mark Felt, 91, was second-in-command at the FBI in the early 1970s. His identity was revealed Tuesday by Vanity Fair magazine, and family members said they believe his account is true. *</p>

<p>This story is broken by Vanity Fair?</p>

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<p>Mark Felt has long been one of the top suspects, so it’s not a big surprise if it’s him. And I’m still not convinced that it is him. Can’t beat Vanity Fair for that hard-hitting news department. Desperate Housewives, Watergate, . . . :)</p>

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<p>I just heard on NPR that Bob Woodward has confirmed Felt as Deep Throat.</p>

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<p>I feel like an era has ended. In a bizarre way, I’m disappointed that Deep Throat was revealed. I was looking forward to a dramatic locked-box announcement.</p>

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<p>FWIW: </p>

<p>The NPR story notwithstanding, I have a friend who was the literary agent for Woodward & Bernstein. He told me that there WAS NO “Deep Throat,” that it was a sexy device for storytelling but was entirely made up.</p>

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<p>The Washington Post has confirmed it.</p>

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<p>dmd77, I feel the same strange sense of let-down. I thought it would feel more dramatic, but… now another mystery is no more.</p>

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<p>you think WE feel let down…think how Geraldo feels!! Am guessing he was counting on this down the road to redeem himself after the big washout with Al Capone’s vault a few years back.</p>

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<p>Is it true his kids asked him to tell so they could get college money for the grandkids? or was the radio guy just joking?</p>

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<p>What’s interesting is that one of the national news programs played one of the Nixon tapes of Nixon and Haldeman discussing who Deep Throat was. They knew that it was Mark Felt.</p>

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<p>One mystery down–now if someone would reveal where Jimmy Hoffa is buried. . .</p>

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<p>According to this morning’s news, the family’s desire to pay off educational loans was a factor in the decision to come forward. In fact, the family worked with Vanity Fair on and off for two years on the story, breaking off at one time to discuss doing a book with Woodward. The Felt family was not paid for the VF article, according to the editor.</p>

<p>About Vanity Fair - not that I’m always proud of it, but I read it every month. In addition to the truly obnoxious celebrity puff pieces, which elevate fawning to a new level, you can almost always find some good investigative journalism, often on business or politics. There are usually well-written articles on public figures from the past or present-day artists or writers (as opposed to celebrities), as well.</p>

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<p>Frazzled1, I feel the same way about VF…but the fluff pieces sometimes are over the top…I"ll always be a fan of Dominick Dunne, though. He can make fluff interesting for me…Saw Chuck Colson on Fox last night talking about how Felt was such a traitor in that he didn’t go straight to Nixon with what he knew…??</p>

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<p>Gee, I waited all of these years for this?
Between the disappointing new Star Wars and the unsurprising revelation about Deep Throat, I now see the downfall of extended anticipation. Boredom.</p>

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<p>The Colson snippet was kind of weird. He seemed to be implying that Felt was a traitor for going to “the enemy” (the press), but it would have been acceptable to go to Nixon and . . . do what? Blackmail him with what he knew by threatening to go to the press.</p>