Deep Throat, aka W. Mark Felt, Dead At 95

1:18 am EST December 19th, 2008 | News | 1 Comment

mark feltHe helped rid us of Nixon.

W. Mark Felt, who was the No. 2 official at the F.B.I. when he helped bring down President Richard M. Nixon by resisting the Watergate cover-up and becoming Deep Throat, the most famous anonymous source in American history, died Thursday. He was 95 and lived in Santa Rosa, Calif.

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One Response to “Deep Throat, aka W. Mark Felt, Dead At 95”

  1. Tim Fuller says:
    December 19, 2008 at 2:47 am

    Sad. Now who will be this generation’s deep throat in the prosecution of the current crop of war criminals?

    A long post I made over at my TPM blog ends with the following advice for Condi in her post-Bush career options:

    …..she could open a think tank. It could be named the “Center Heading Research in Support of Torturing Toddler’s Testicles” aka CHRISTTT, which will of course be more informally referred to as the CHRIST CENTER for purposes of public consumption. That’s just how those FUCKERS roll.

    full post:

    http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/timtimes/2008/12/those-crazy-fockers.php

    or

    http://tinyurl.com/3wgshv

    Enjoy.