"Deep Throat" Revealed

Apparently, Watergate's "Deep Throat" has just come out of the closet:

W. Mark Felt, who retired from the FBI after rising to its second most senior position, has identified himself as the "Deep Throat" source quoted by The Washington Post to break the Watergate scandal that led to President Nixon's resignation, Vanity Fair magazine said Tuesday.

"I'm the guy they used to call Deep Throat," he told John D. O'Connor, the author of Vanity Fair's exclusive that appears in its July issue.

Felt, now 91 and living in Santa Rosa, Calif., reportedly gave O'Connor permission to disclose his identity.

Is he really the one? Woodward and Bernstein are sticking to their pledge to reveal the name only after their source has died. Still, if it is Felt, I'm a little disappointed. Although I didn't have a particular person in mind, I was hoping it was someone in the White House inner circle — that really would have added some intrigue to the Watergate story's legacy. Ex-FBI guy going public to make a few bucks? Not so much.

Update: It looks like it's official — Woodward has confirmed it was Felt.