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Editor Casts Doubt on 'Deep Throat' Story

Kevin Spak — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:30:00 CDT

Bob Woodward is not happy about a new book in which former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee appears to express doubt about the legend of "Deep Throat." Bradlee gave reporter Jeff Himmelman access to a box of old documents, and in it, Himmelman found an interview Bradlee had conducted for...

Deep Throat Made Newspapers 'Cool'

Harry Kimball — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:10:36 CST

Mark Felt's life inspires an appreciation of a heroic man, but also of the romance and significance of journalism, Hank Stuever writes in the Washington Post . In fact, you could say “that the idea of him had died already, a few years ago, when he allowed the world to know...

Watergate's 'Deep Throat' Dead at 95

Rob Quinn — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:18:01 CST

The FBI agent who helped bring down Richard Nixon has died at his California home at the age of 95, the New York Times reports. W. Mark Felt was "Deep Throat"—the anonymous source who supplied crucial leads to Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward about White House abuses of power,...

'Bossy? Aloof?' Index of Hillary Bio Is Way Off

Zach Samalin — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:39:45 CST

Readers looking for a crash course in everything Hillary can try the index of Carl Bernstein's A Woman in Charge, and find a laundry list of moody traits: "bossiness," "aloofness," "anger, temper and hurt" are only the A's and B's. But New York Times blogger David Kelly uncovers just one...

New Books Probe Hillary's Dark Side

Dustin Lushing — Fri, 25 May 2007 05:54:48 CDT

The Washington Post gets a sneak peek at two upcoming books about Hillary Clinton, illuminating her turbulent marriage to Bill and voracious political ambition, just in time for 2008. A Woman in Charge, by Watergate star Carl Bernstein, details Hillary's terror of Whitewater prosecution and her annoyance at her husband's...