Comments on: Throat: Mark Felt, Robert Bennett and the Post’s Cointelpro Problem

By: jimhougan

jimhougan — Sun, 25 Mar 2018 12:46:58 +0000

To clarify: Bob Woodward had a number of sources, many of whom were “secret.” One of those sources, or perhaps a composite of those sources, was dubbed “Deep Throat” by an editor at the Post. The editor in question did not know “Throat’s” identity, but meant the sobriquet to refer to Woodward’s most important (or most interesting) source – whoever it happened to be. It should be obvious, however, that Mark Felt was not Woodward’s most important source. Robert Bennett was. But naming Bennett as “Deep Throat” would have been embarrassing to Woodward and the Post because Bennett’s meetings with Woodward (in the offices of the Post’s attorney, E. B. Williams) had a secret purpose: to carry water for the CIA and, in particular, its relationship to the CIA cover under Bennett’s command. When the opportunity arose to put the problematical question of Throat’s identity to rest, Woodward seized it and bestowed the mantle on the by then dithering and demented Felt.

By: jimhougan

jimhougan — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 12:22:41 +0000

Thanks for the note. I’ll check out Riebling’s book. My gut feeling, though, is that Felt is politically most comfortable in the company of his colleagues at the American Security Council. Best…

By: Frank Lowe

Frank Lowe — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 01:33:23 +0000

Still one of the great reads of all time, and the amount of info is still extraordinary.
Only thing is that I doubt that Felt was “Deep Throat”. Mark Riebling’s “Wedge” analysis of the mystery man is more spot only. I sincerely believe they, “Woodstein”, never had any intentions of revealing the real source and his real objective was to protect Kissinger and “Fubelt”.

By: lou saber

lou saber — Sat, 09 Sep 2017 00:13:53 +0000

I had started with Hougans book and since I have read over a 100 different books on Watergate, (Pro and Con).

without his work, Watergate would just be the simple contrived orginal FAKE NEWS.

By: jimhougan

jimhougan — Sat, 08 Jul 2017 18:00:34 +0000

Thanks!

By: Fred Houpt

Fred Houpt — Sun, 05 Jun 2016 19:19:54 +0000

I am on page 236 of the hard cover edition of Secret Agenda. I have lost track of how many times my mind was blown. Superb research to such a complicated story. Kudos.

By: Paula Hougan

Paula Hougan — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 01:09:32 +0000

Great info. Thanks