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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
Remember it wasn't just Deep Throat's information, it had to be correlated with others.
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xoxoxoBruce makes a powerful point here. Deep Throat did not leak information. He simply did what others in government routinely do. They don't go on record, but are provided a copy of the story before it is published. These senior government officials may be a Cabinet member, the Vice President, a Fed Chairman, etc. They too may not leak the secrets. But when confronted with a story about to be published, they will admit to, deny, or refuse comment.
Deep Throat did same. One massive difference. Deep Throat was saving the US Constitution and the American government from corruption at the highest levels of government. Therefore he had to do covertly what senior government officials do overtly. Corruption so widespread that Mark Felt had no superior he could go to. Everyone above him was part of the conspiracy - either actively of tacitly. Those who criticize Mark Felt conventiently forget that fact.
To disparage Deep Throat is to say corrupt officials are always right - equivalent to supreme monarchs. This is the reasoning Nixon tried to use before the US Supreme Court when he refused to release the Watergate Tapes. A ruling that made the court so nervous that they considered the possiblity of a coup. Those who disparage Mark Felt conveniently forgot such details.