Deep Throat comes out of the closet?

[Dr Mordrid]

Yup. I'd have turned it around and told exactly why that little op had been done: to expose black ops by the Democrats.

Once you establish that both sides are playing the same game they'd have shut up in short order to cover their own arses.

Dr. Mordrid

[cjolley]

Imagine for a moment if Clinton had tried what Nixon did.

"I'm afaid I can't testify about Monica because it might compromise an ongoing CIA operation."

His backside would still have the bruise from being hit by the White House door knob.

[GT98]

I was listening to the radio this morning and they stated that Mark Felt was mentioned on the watergate tapes as the leak for the information, so why all the mystery for the past 30 odd years?

[cjolley]

Well, Nixon and crew suspected him.
But then, they were suspicious of everyone.
So it didn't add much to the debate.

[xortam]

... The only difference was that Nixon got caught. ...

You may recall that those exact words were spoken by countless people at that time. He was doomed since "Checkers".

[paulcs]

Well, Nixon and crew suspected him.
But then, they were suspicious of everyone.
So it didn't add much to the debate.

That's true. It's certainly not a surprise, however. He had both reason and means. Here's an interesting article from 1992 which points to Felt:

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/199205/mann

In hindsight, it appears to be right on the money.

Paul