Friday, December 19, 2008

Deep Throat Dies

MARK FELT - He looked like Paul Newman!!

How did Mark Felt, felt when he learnt that because of his action, US President Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 in one of the most sensational and shocking political dramas of the 20th. Century?

Mr Felt - the man who helped toppled President Nixon, died on 18 December 2008, at 95.

=source AP=
SAN FRANCISCO – W. Mark Felt, the former FBI second-in-command who revealed himself as "Deep Throat" 30 years after he tipped off reporters to the Watergate scandal that toppled a president, has died. He was 95.
Felt died Thursday in Santa Rosa after suffering from congestive heart failure for several months.
The shadowy central figure in one of the most gripping political dramas of the 20th century, Felt insisted his alter ego be kept secret when he leaked damaging information about President Richard Nixon and his aides to Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward.
While some — including Nixon and his aides — speculated that Felt was the source who connected the White House to the June 1972 break-in at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee, he steadfastly denied the accusations until finally coming forward in May 2005 - 31 years after Nixon resigned.
"I'm the guy they used to call Deep Throat," Felt told Vanity Fair article, creating a whirlwind of media attention. REST IN PEACE SIR..

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