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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRemember what kicked Deep Throat off?
In his book The Secret Man, Woodward describes Felt as a loyalist and admirer of J. Edgar Hoover. After Hoover's death, Felt became angry and disgusted when L. Patrick Gray, a career naval officer and lawyer from the Civil Division of the Department of Justice, with no prior law enforcement experience, was appointed Director of the FBI over Felt, a 30-year veteran of the Bureau. Felt was particularly unhappy with Gray's management style at the FBI, which was markedly different from Hoover's. Felt selected Woodward and Bernstein because he knew they were assigned to investigate the burglary. Instead of seeking out prosecutors at the Justice Department, or the House Judiciary Committee charged with investigating presidential wrongdoing, he methodically leaked information to Woodward and Bernstein to guide their investigation while keeping his own identity and involvement safely concealed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Throat_(Watergate)
Now, I imagine that barring the renegades in the NY FBI, Comey has a lot of support. Let the leaks begin. Agent Mike - are you reading?
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Remember what kicked Deep Throat off? (Original Post)
canetoad
May 2017
OP
Going to be an interesting week!
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,267 posts)2. Yup. Here's what Felt wrote in a memoir:
"The record amply demonstrates that President Nixon made Pat Gray the Acting Director of the FBI because he wanted a politician in J. Edgar Hoover's position who would convert the Bureau into an adjunct of the White House machine." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Felt
Maybe there's someone in the FBI now who thinks it is being converted "into an adjunct of the White House machine" ...
Ilsa
(61,675 posts)3. I hope the acting deputy director isn't a tool like
the trumputin admin indicated he could be. I don't want him getting in the way of agents who may decide to provide good info to media.
C_U_L8R
(44,891 posts)4. Somewhere in DC, there are still patriots
Driven by love of country or even just concern that there's a future for their children.
Some brace soul knows something, can do something, can share proof that will stop this awful awful regime.