Deep Throat Revealed

And the media lionization campaign begins.

If Deep Throat was such a “hero” and such a “law and order” guy, who wasn’t just bitter because he was passed up for a few promotions, why didn’t he pursue some kind of criminal action? He was the #2 guy in the FBI.

Instead, he ran to the press.

Now we know who Deep Throat is, and while I’m not exactly shedding a tear that Nixon resigned, there’s no changing the fact that this guy with his walker and his 90+ year old grin at his front door is quite the backstabbing weasel. Law and order does not happen on the pages of a newspaper, it happens in the court of law. The #2 guy in the FBI should know that.

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  • http://nonannystate.blogspot.com The Other Mike S

    He helps to uncover the biggest political scandal of the 20th century, and he’s a backstabbing weasel?

    Maybe he needed the income from his job, you know, to feed his family and stuff (no whistle-blower laws back then), and realized he would be ruined if he came out in public with his knowledge.

    Come on, this had less to do with law and order, and more to do with political corruption. The rules are different.

  • http://www.insignificantthoughts.com Vinny

    Mike… Someone breaks into your neighbor’s house and robs them blind. They take everything they own. Your neighbor now lives on the street. You saw the guys who did it, and actually manage to get a snapshot with your cameraphone as they’re leaving the house.

    Armed with this evidence, who do you call?

    The Police?

    Or the News Channel 4 Shame on You Troubleshooting Squad?

    I think that’s the kind of choice that says a lot about what kind of person you are. Felt could’ve gone to the authorities all over the place. Instead, he went to the media. He didn’t have to come out publicly. He also didn’t have to go to the press. The number two guy at the FBI has a bit more at his disposal as far as resources go than, say, some shlub analyst way down the line who thought the FBI wasn’t doing enough to collar Osama.

    Your right, it did have less to do with law and order. That’s exactly what makes it disgraceful. Now he’ll be worshipped as a hero by everyone who’s happy to be rid of Nixon.

  • http://nonannystate.blogspot.com The Other Mike S

    Vinny, your Breaking and Entering example would be nice – If it were even remotely similar to what happened surrounding Watergate.

    This was the President of the United States ordering a break-in of his political enemies and the subsequent cover-up, not some two-bit hood stealing your silver service.

    He knew the kind of heat and scrutiny that would come down on his head for trying to bust the President of the United States, and chose the what he felt was the best way to get the job done, and maintain his life.

    And he shouldn’t be a hero of Nixon-haters, he should be the hero of anyone that despises political corruption at the highest levels.

  • http://www.insignificantthoughts.com Vinny

    Actually, it’s very similar. The #2 guy in the FBI decides that instead of investigating a crime, he was going to take a different tack and release it to the media. Sorry man, I don’t like it one bit and never did.

    The story wasn’t so bad when it was someone who didn’t have the power to do something. The idea, though, that the #2 man in the FBI didn’t have the stones to do something about it is ludicrous. Now that we know who he was and what he had available to him…

    And so what if scrutiny fell down on him? If his nose was clean, that was no big deal either.

    As I said, his course of action speaks volumes about his character.

  • pam

    Let’s not forget the man that this #2 man also had an axe to grind. He felt he was the rightful successor to Hoover.

  • http://www.insignificantthoughts.com Vinny

    I will say, Pam, that I do agree with you. However, his political motives notwithstanding, his actions do show a serious lack of character. Mumbling what he did to two reporters took absolutely zero courage. He did so anonymously and was a secret up until now.

    Let’s call a spade a spade. He realizes what he did was sleazy and felt guilty about it, and that’s why he came forward. When he dies, he can be a hero now. His family can be proud, and the media will make 100% sure that they have as much positive coverage as they’re able to provide.

  • http://nonannystate.blogspot.com The Other Mike S

    Pam: I considered that, and I think that may be part of the reason he employed the techniques he used. If he just came out and said, “Tricky Dick is a crook and here’s why”, the political machine would have chewed him up and spit him out. Axe to grind, yada, yada, yada. There would have been so much smoke and mirrors, Nixon today might have been considered a decent American president instead of the political scum he truly is.

    Vinny: B&E and political espionage are so far removed from each other, I can’t believe you are serious in your comparison. He knew what was going on, he looked at his options, and chose what he believed to be the path most likely to succeed. History tells us his judgment was correct.

  • http://www.insignificantthoughts.com Vinny

    Not it doesn’t. History tells us that he got the guy, not that he did it the right way.

    You won’t find me defending Nixon here; that’s not my point. My point is that nothing Felt did was heroic. Had he come out publicly and sought and indictment, or something like that and really laid his ass on the line, I would think differently. Instead, he turned a crime into a media feeding frenzy.

    Not much of a law & order guy if you ask me, and maybe that’s why he wasn’t nominated to replace Hoover. I only brought up that example because it proves a point: most normal ethical people will report crimes to the authorities. He didn’t.

  • http://nonannystate.blogspot.com The Other Mike S

    Vinny, you’re acting like DC is a normal place and has normal ways of doing things. This guy had been around a long time and knew the score. His job was to get this uncovered, out in the public and those that were guilty, convicted or removed from office.

    Heroic was maybe a bit strong. I do think it was honorable and ethical. He knew that if he went public, there was a damned good chance he would be torn down, his past scrutinized, his motives questioned, his career ruined, his family possibly impoverished, etc.

    Perhaps he does have a skeleton in his closet. So what? It’s irrelevant to this case, but would have been brought front-and-center had he gone public. Shit, you know as well as I, that in DC the mere hint of corruption can be as bad as truly being corrupt.

    No, taking a bullet should be a last resort. What purpose would have been served by him coming public from the get-go?

  • http://www.insignificantthoughts.com Vinny

    Heroic was maybe a bit strong. I do think it was honorable and ethical. He knew that if he went public, there was a damned good chance he would be torn down, his past scrutinized, his motives questioned, his career ruined, his family possibly impoverished, etc.

    Honorable is taking the bullet. Honorable is doing so despite the negative impact it may have on your life.

    Sorry man.

    As I said, the end result was okay with me, but the arrival there was hardly honorable or ethical.

  • pam

    Vinny, I agree with your points.
    Mike, Nixon really isn’t considered political scum. He actually was a very good president. There was nothing ethical about what Felt did. I also found it ironic that the man was convicted of illegal wiretapping in 1980(He must have forgotten Hoover died :) ). He has since been pardoned by Reagan.

  • http://nonannystate.blogspot.com/ The Other Mike S

    He helps to uncover the biggest political scandal of the 20th century, and he’s a backstabbing weasel?

    Maybe he needed the income from his job, you know, to feed his family and stuff (no whistle-blower laws back then), and realized he would be ruined if he came out in public with his knowledge.

    Come on, this had less to do with law and order, and more to do with political corruption. The rules are different.

  • http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/ Vinny

    Mike… Someone breaks into your neighbor’s house and robs them blind. They take everything they own. Your neighbor now lives on the street. You saw the guys who did it, and actually manage to get a snapshot with your cameraphone as they’re leaving the house.

    Armed with this evidence, who do you call?

    The Police?

    Or the News Channel 4 Shame on You Troubleshooting Squad?

    I think that’s the kind of choice that says a lot about what kind of person you are. Felt could’ve gone to the authorities all over the place. Instead, he went to the media. He didn’t have to come out publicly. He also didn’t have to go to the press. The number two guy at the FBI has a bit more at his disposal as far as resources go than, say, some shlub analyst way down the line who thought the FBI wasn’t doing enough to collar Osama.

    Your right, it did have less to do with law and order. That’s exactly what makes it disgraceful. Now he’ll be worshipped as a hero by everyone who’s happy to be rid of Nixon.

  • http://nonannystate.blogspot.com/ The Other Mike S

    Vinny, your Breaking and Entering example would be nice – If it were even remotely similar to what happened surrounding Watergate.

    This was the President of the United States ordering a break-in of his political enemies and the subsequent cover-up, not some two-bit hood stealing your silver service.

    He knew the kind of heat and scrutiny that would come down on his head for trying to bust the President of the United States, and chose the what he felt was the best way to get the job done, and maintain his life.

    And he shouldn’t be a hero of Nixon-haters, he should be the hero of anyone that despises political corruption at the highest levels.

  • http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/ Vinny

    Actually, it’s very similar. The #2 guy in the FBI decides that instead of investigating a crime, he was going to take a different tack and release it to the media. Sorry man, I don’t like it one bit and never did.

    The story wasn’t so bad when it was someone who didn’t have the power to do something. The idea, though, that the #2 man in the FBI didn’t have the stones to do something about it is ludicrous. Now that we know who he was and what he had available to him…

    And so what if scrutiny fell down on him? If his nose was clean, that was no big deal either.

    As I said, his course of action speaks volumes about his character.

  • pam

    Let’s not forget the man that this #2 man also had an axe to grind. He felt he was the rightful successor to Hoover.

  • http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/ Vinny

    I will say, Pam, that I do agree with you. However, his political motives notwithstanding, his actions do show a serious lack of character. Mumbling what he did to two reporters took absolutely zero courage. He did so anonymously and was a secret up until now.

    Let’s call a spade a spade. He realizes what he did was sleazy and felt guilty about it, and that’s why he came forward. When he dies, he can be a hero now. His family can be proud, and the media will make 100% sure that they have as much positive coverage as they’re able to provide.

  • http://nonannystate.blogspot.com/ The Other Mike S

    Pam: I considered that, and I think that may be part of the reason he employed the techniques he used. If he just came out and said, “Tricky Dick is a crook and here’s why”, the political machine would have chewed him up and spit him out. Axe to grind, yada, yada, yada. There would have been so much smoke and mirrors, Nixon today might have been considered a decent American president instead of the political scum he truly is.

    Vinny: B&E and political espionage are so far removed from each other, I can’t believe you are serious in your comparison. He knew what was going on, he looked at his options, and chose what he believed to be the path most likely to succeed. History tells us his judgment was correct.

  • http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/ Vinny

    Not it doesn’t. History tells us that he got the guy, not that he did it the right way.

    You won’t find me defending Nixon here; that’s not my point. My point is that nothing Felt did was heroic. Had he come out publicly and sought and indictment, or something like that and really laid his ass on the line, I would think differently. Instead, he turned a crime into a media feeding frenzy.

    Not much of a law & order guy if you ask me, and maybe that’s why he wasn’t nominated to replace Hoover. I only brought up that example because it proves a point: most normal ethical people will report crimes to the authorities. He didn’t.

  • http://nonannystate.blogspot.com/ The Other Mike S

    Vinny, you’re acting like DC is a normal place and has normal ways of doing things. This guy had been around a long time and knew the score. His job was to get this uncovered, out in the public and those that were guilty, convicted or removed from office.

    Heroic was maybe a bit strong. I do think it was honorable and ethical. He knew that if he went public, there was a damned good chance he would be torn down, his past scrutinized, his motives questioned, his career ruined, his family possibly impoverished, etc.

    Perhaps he does have a skeleton in his closet. So what? It’s irrelevant to this case, but would have been brought front-and-center had he gone public. Shit, you know as well as I, that in DC the mere hint of corruption can be as bad as truly being corrupt.

    No, taking a bullet should be a last resort. What purpose would have been served by him coming public from the get-go?

  • http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/ Vinny

    Heroic was maybe a bit strong. I do think it was honorable and ethical. He knew that if he went public, there was a damned good chance he would be torn down, his past scrutinized, his motives questioned, his career ruined, his family possibly impoverished, etc.

    Honorable is taking the bullet. Honorable is doing so despite the negative impact it may have on your life.

    Sorry man.

    As I said, the end result was okay with me, but the arrival there was hardly honorable or ethical.

  • pam

    Vinny, I agree with your points.
    Mike, Nixon really isn’t considered political scum. He actually was a very good president. There was nothing ethical about what Felt did. I also found it ironic that the man was convicted of illegal wiretapping in 1980(He must have forgotten Hoover died :) ). He has since been pardoned by Reagan.