Book Claims “Deep Throat” Leaked Because He Wanted Top FBI Spot

The legend of Watergate lives on.
A book to be released next month, “Leak: Why Mark Felt Became Deep Throat,” reports that Felt, the number two guy in the FBI during Watergate, was leaking, not out of concern for public good but rather because he was angry he was not getting the top spot in the bureau, according the news agency ANI.
The book, authored by Max Holland, claims that Felt — known as “Deep Throat” to journalists — hoped President Nixon would fire others, thinking they were leaking info, and Felt routinely lied to Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein that one of his rivals in the FBI was trying to blackmail Nixon.
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Posted: 2/16/12 at 10:07 AM under FBI, News Story.
Tags: bob woodward, carl bernstein, Deep Throat, FBI, mark felt, Richard Nixon
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