I’m not quite sure what to think <$NoAd$>of the fact that in its nostalgic flood-the-zone coverage the Deep Throat-Mark Felt story, the Washington Post has set up a special Deep Throat Revealed blog.
That said, I was fascinated to be reminded, in this post from last night, that even though Felt’s identity remained secret for some three decades, H.R. Haldeman had Felt pegged from the start.
They republish this excerpt from one of the Nixon tapes …
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…
As Tim Noah points out in Slate, Felt has long been the pick of choice for what Tim calls “the better class of Deep Throat sleuthâ[the] discriminating, Campari-sipping sophisticates.”
