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The secret man
the story of Watergate's Deep Throat
By Woodward, Bob & Bernstein, Carl
- ISBN
- 978-0-74328-715-9
- Publisher
- New York : Simon & Schuster, c2005.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on August 15, 2005
Unlike the identity of Deep Throat, kept secret by Woodward for 33 years, much of this book was revealed by the media before publication. Still, Woodward's 13th book is important for its personal account of his relationship with Deep Throat, that is, Mark Felt, and its story of why Felt passed to Woodward the highlevel insider information that enabled him and Carl Bernstein to expose the corrupt Nixon administration in the Washington Post. Woodward and Felt first met in 1969 when the future reporter was completing his fiveyear naval tour. In 1971, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover promoted Felt to the second most powerful FBI posit...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
