Honor's Blog #2

The Secret Man

By: Bob Woodward

The book, The Secret Man, by Bob Woodward deals with the identity of a secret informant. He was the man responsible for leaking vital information regarding the Watergate scandal to Washington Post reporter, Bob Woodward would signal "Deep Throat" when he wanted a meeting with him by leaving a potted plant with a red flag on his balcony. When "Deep Throat" agreed to meet with Woodward, he would send him a sign by leaving marks on Woodward's copy of the New York Times. THey would meet at an underground parking lot late night. The managing editor, Howard Simon, of the Washington Post gave him the name "Deep Throat" because he was considered anonymous source whose identity could not be revealed. The mysterious character was said to have ties to the FBI. If it hadn't been for "Deep Throat" , Woodward and Bernstein would have never exposed the true facts about the cover-up. "Deep Throat's" identity was kept secret for thirty years. It wasn't until 2005 that "Deep Throat" came clean about identity. "Deep Throat" revealed himself to be the one time Acting Director of the FBI, Mark Felt. He was in charge of the FBI when J. Edgar Hoover died. Instead of giving him the job, Nixon passed him over and hired an ex-Naval Lawyer with no law enforcement experience. Mike Felt was furious and he might have sought to avenge himself by helping Woodward and Bernstein bring down the Nixon Administration.