"Deep Throat" Dies
Mark Felt, otherwise known as "Deep Throat", has passed away today at the grand old age of 95. Felt was integral in revealing the Watergate scandal in 1974, which led to the resignation of President Nixon.
Felt kept his secret until 2005. At the time of Watergate, he was working in a high position in the FBI.
For the uninformed, Watergate was the name given to the scandal that developed when men acting on orders direct from President Nixon broke into the Watergate Hotel in Washington DC, stealing a tape from the office of the Democratic National Committee. Over time, more scandals were revealed, which led up to Nixon's 1974 resignation. More detail can be found at Wikipedia.
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I hope his corpse is rotting in a drain somewhere.
He caused a lot of problems for a lot of people all because he threw a hissy fit when not appointed FBI Director.
What no one seems to realise is that for over three decades most people thought Deep Throat was Alexander Haig, whose reputation was damaged as a result, until the 2005 revelations.
I was overcome with joy three and a half years ago to learn Al Haig was not Deep Throat.
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