We have been bombarded today with the news about Mark Felt who finally admitted to being “Deep Throat” from the Watergate scandal which surrounded the Nixon administration. We have for years been told of the great Woodward and Bernstein, who snooped out the story about the cover-up by the Nixon administration, only to find that they were hand fed their information by a shadow figure trying to bring down President Nixon because he only was appointed to the number two spot at the FBI.

We have read, and been told today how much 0f a hero Mark Felt was, but when you look at what he did in the light of day, there was a much darker, more sinister side to his “leak” to the Washington Post duo. The story made their careers, along with Ben Bradlee, and they have made fortunes from the many books written, while Mark Felt (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)