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Article: Revelation of Deep Throat fuels debate over anonymous sources.
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- St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)
- Article date:
- June 4, 2005
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Byline: Philip Dine
WASHINGTON _ At a Pentagon briefing last week, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was asked about anonymous sources, on the heels of the revelation that the legendary "Deep Throat" of Watergate fame was the FBI's No. 2 man in the early 1970s, W. Mark Felt.
Rumsfeld, who held several top posts under then-President Richard Nixon and who is known to detest leaks, wrestled with the question of whether Felt did the right thing in secretly helping expose the administration's criminal wrongdoing.
Normally quick as lightning to offer an opinion on every issue he's asked about and on some he's not, Rumsfeld stumbled before finally ...