Re: the OP ED deniers: 06/74. Wall Street Journal: "W. Mark Felt says he isn't now, nor has he ever

[hlthe2b]

been Deep Throat." (Dear Reader, it turns out—he was. So taketh all these denials with a grain of salt)

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[GusBob]

1. Take all of the denials with a grain of salt- it's reverse Spartacus

They all can't be the writer but they are all under suspicion. The writer ain't coming forward

Love it

[emulatorloo]

2. I do believe Rick Perry though. He's too dumb to write an Op-Ed

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Or like "Murder on the Orient Express."

They all did it, so nobody did.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. This writer has been called "Deep State Throat" by Jennifer Rubin.

And it's true that Felt emphatically denied being Deep Throat until 2005:

Vanity Fair magazine revealed that Felt was Deep Throat on May 31, 2005, when it published an article (eventually appearing in the July issue of the magazine) on its website by John D. O'Connor, an attorney acting on Felt's behalf. Felt said, "I'm the guy they used to call Deep Throat." After the Vanity Fair story broke, Benjamin C. Bradlee, the editor of the Washington Post during Watergate, confirmed that Felt was Deep Throat. According to the Vanity Fair article, Felt was persuaded to come out by his family. They hoped to capitalize on the book deals and other lucrative opportunities which Felt would be offered in order to help pay for his grandchildren's education. His family was unaware that he was Deep Throat for many years. They realized the truth after his retirement, when they became aware of his close friendship with Bob Woodward.

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

If Deep State Throat left no tracks and the NYT doesn't leak (Woodward and the WaPo never did re: Felt), he could keep his identity secret for a long time.

[hlthe2b]

5. I'm kicking since I continually seeing denials as reasons to exclude likely candidates