The Washington Post has confirmed a former deputy chief of the FBI was Deep Throat, the source who leaked secrets during the Watergate scandal.
Vanity Fair magazine had reported Mark Felt admitted being the source whose identity had been secret for decades.

The scandal forced the resignation of Republican President Richard Nixon in August 1974.

Amazing that he managed to keep it secret from his family until recently.

I would have put my money on Alexander Haig, certainly not Felt. Luckily, I am not a betting man.

Nice to see that the Republican hacks are attacking the 91 year old Felt for not using "due process" through the courts. He was a bitter man for sure, but the FBI was not releasing information they had on the nefarious activities and the Re-elect the President Committee had over 50 operatives in action, debasing the Democrats at every opportunity. The botched Watergate break-in provided the ideal opportunity to release information that this was the tip of an iceberg. One wonders whether such tactics are still in use, yet better hidden and more sophisticated.

I also always thought it ironic that Nixon tried to ban the movie "Deep Throat" yet the name came back to, err..... swallow him.

Crap you beat me to the punch-line... I wanted to say something about Marylin Chambers. Rats.