Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Presidential politics The truth about Watergate's Deep Throat
Posted by Max Brantley on Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 9:41 AM
Rewrite the movie and popular scripts about the triumph of journalism through a noble public servant, Garvin suggests. Felt had an ulterior motive (to head the FBI), leaked things that were inaccurate and sometimes "maliciously false" and didn't reveal dark FBI secrets that should have been exposed.
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