Folks, remember that Deep Throat, the man who exposed Nixon's coverup in Watergate, was the retired

[steve2470]

Folks, remember that Deep Throat, the man who exposed Nixon's coverup in Watergate, was the retired #2 person at the FBI.

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. He was not retired at the time

Which is why he able to leak info to Woodward.

[steve2470]

2. Mark Felt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Felt

according to Wiki he retired in June 1973, so I guess he leaked all his stuff by then.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. That is correct. His contacts with Woodward were during

the early days of the investigation.

[bettyellen]

6. Didnt he also meet Woodward in the waiting room at the west wing? Thats where Wolff parked

Himself when he wasn’t in Bannon’s office, I believe. He mentions the waiting room in the book.

[lagomorph777]

3. Forced out and pissed off -

How'd that work out for Turd in Comey's case?

Major error, Pres. Turd!

[elleng]

5. 'a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agent and the Bureau's Associate Director,

the FBI's second-highest-ranking post, from May 1972 until his retirement from the FBI in June 1973.'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Felt

[shanny]

7. And he did it to protect

the institution and the independence of the FBI.

[Honeycombe8]

8. He wasn't retired at the time, I think. I get it, though. THAT'S why Trump is scared of McCabe.

It smacks of Watergate redux.

[Stonepounder]

11. I don't think that Trump is scared at all anymore.

He has the Rethug Congress totally behind him and they have his back. The GOP is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Faux News and Breitbart.

When Watergate occurred it was the President's own party that told him it was time to resign. Now I suspect that the GOP figures that regardless what the polls show they will keep their hold on Congress so long as there are still 2-party elections, with the help of Russia hacking the voting machines. Why do you think there is such resistance to paper ballots or any other form of verifying the count of the machines?

[Honeycombe8]

12. Re paper ballots...yes, we knew this back in the Bush era.

And now, it looks like the Repubs have circled the wagons around Trump and Russia, in the hopes that Russia, Trumpers, and donors will bring in Republican wins in the mid-terms. They are also counting on weakness in the Democratic Party. The Dems are not as ruthless and cutthroat as the Repubs. I think the rank and file are ready to change on that score, but I'm not sure the leadership is. I'm still seeing what I consider to be too much weakness at the top...still behaving as if the opposition is rational and wants to govern for the good of hte country. It doesn't.

[Stonepounder]

13. Don't get me wrong here, I'm as liberal as they come,

but the DNC is getting as bad as the RNC. Was reading an article the other day that if you want to run as a Dem you have to be able to guarantee a minimum fund-raising ability and you have to sign a contract that you will spend at least 20 hours/week on fund-raising if you are elected. (Don't remember where I read it - maybe the New Yorker?)

[Honeycombe8]

14. Well, I don't know what's normal or if there's anything wrong with that.

Money is a huge part of running for anything. Maybe they have to commit to fund raising because they receive money from the DNC. So I don't know enough about that to judge it.

It's a fact that it takes a lot of money to run for office, though.

[red dog 1]

9. K&R

(Although Mr. Felt wasn't retired at the time)

How do we get Drumpf to retire?

[Mr.Bill]

10. I doubt Trump really understands

much about Watergate. If he did he would not be making the stupid mistakes he is making.