Deep throat nixon watergate

The Washington Post yesterday said that Felt "had the means and the motive to help uncover the web of internal spies, secret surveillance, dirty tricks and cover-ups that led to Nixon's unprecedented resignation". First, some background. He learned from reading the Times and by making his own phone calls that the Miami investigators had subpoenaed bank records of one of the burglars, Bernard L. No other paper, he says, took the time to investigate Dole's allegations of impropriety in the financial affairs of the McGovern campaign. All rights reserved. And so, once back at the house, Woodward left to get his car.

The book also calls him "an incurable gossip" and states "in a unique position to observe the Executive Branch", and as a man "whose fight had been worn out in too many battles". Baldwin III to carry out the wiretapping and monitor the telephone conversations afterward. Applications to journalism schools reached an all-time high in Play it tough. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Felt and Ruckelshaus had a strained relationship.

Ford's pardon of Nixon played a major role in his defeat in the presidential election against Jimmy Carter. Instead of seeking out prosecutors at the Justice Department, or the House Judiciary Committee charged with investigating presidential wrongdoing, he methodically leaked information to Woodward to guide their investigation while keeping his own identity and involvement safely concealed. By , when Republican President Richard M. This section needs additional citations for verification.