[Mb-civic] Deep Throat, the Source of Countless Guesses

[William Swiggard]

Deep Throat, the Source of Countless Guesses

By Bob Thompson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, July 1, 2005; Page C01

The identity of Deep Throat, The Washington Post's key Watergate source, 
was almost revealed nearly three decades ago, according to Bob 
Woodward's new book on his relationship with W. Mark Felt.

In "The Secret Man," to be published next week by Simon & Schuster, 
Woodward -- now a Post assistant managing editor -- writes that he 
learned in 1976 from then-assistant attorney general Stanley Pottinger 
that Felt, who had been the No. 2 man at the FBI, had given himself away 
while testifying before a grand jury. Asked, "Were you Deep Throat?" 
Felt initially said, "No," but his stunned look alerted Pottinger to the 
probability that he was lying.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/30/AR2005063002025.html?nav=hcmodule
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