RIP Deep Throat (aka Mark Felt)

[Louis]

He wasn't perfect, but did lots of good for our country.

NYT Obit (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/washington/19felt.html?_r=1&hp)

[Elefantino]

Forgiving person that he was, somewhere the former president is going

http://elberry.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/01nixon-web-c.jpg

[Blue Jays]

This is a primo story for the OT subfolder they keep promising here!

[93legendti]

While Watergate was seething, Mr. Felt authorized nine illegal break-ins at the homes of friends and relatives of members of the Weather Underground, a violent left-wing splinter group. The people he chose as targets had committed no crimes. The F.B.I. had no search warrants. He later said he ordered the break-ins because national security required it.

In a criminal trial, Mr. Felt was convicted in November 1980 of conspiring to violate the constitutional rights of Americans. Nixon, who had denounced him in private for leaking Watergate secrets, testified on his behalf. Called by the prosecution, he told the jury that presidents and by extension their officers had an inherent right to conduct illegal searches in the name of national security...

Seven months after the conviction, President Ronald Reagan pardoned Mr. Felt. Then 67, Mr. Felt celebrated the decision as one of great symbolic value. “This is going to be the biggest shot in the arm for the intelligence community for a long time,” he said. After the pardon, Nixon sent him a congratulatory bottle of Champagne.

[yodelinpol]

I read this a year or two ago and enjoyed it:

http://books.google.com/books?id=bCE79rdYL3EC&dq=the+secret+man&pg=PP1&ots=TVTtWBw1Yg&source=bn&sig=jSHsTmSnMY83AgDDTyYXkO1rxsk&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result

The Secret Man by Bob Woodward

[Louis]

This is a primo story for the OT subfolder they keep promising here!

Blue J,

You're slacking off - there are tons of other OT threads on which you could also play sheriff and add your comments... ;)

[johnnymossville]

Related to the bicycle Felt? That would be reason enough to go buy one.