Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Deep Throat, patriot. . . . .

So, it turns out that W. Mark Felt, who had been suspected for years and who denied it for years, was Deep Throat.

For you young'uns, Deep Throat is the secret government insider who supplied Woodward and Bernstein, newspaper reporters, the information needed to publish the Watergate mess. They were able to show that President Nixon knew about the goofy break-in by Republican operatives of a Democratic campaign office, and President Nixon covered up his knowledge and possible complicity. When the media heat got turned up, Nixon resigned the presidency. Thus was energized the notion, which has gained greater currency with the addition of leftist values, that the purpose of news reporters is to tear down government.

Who was Deep Throat? At the time, Mr. Felt was like the number 2 man in the entire F.B.I. What did he do? He had a series of secret meetings with news reporters. Why? Well, he says he was only doing his duty. And that is just B.S.

He was the number 2 man in the F.B.I., which means he was a cop. He came across evidence of an official cover-up of a crime, which is also a crime. So, you would expect that a cop would make an arrest or do a complete investigation, and turn the case over for prosecution so that the normal trial procedures and guarantees would be operative. But this law enforcemnt officer took his case to the press, instead. He says he was not trying to bring Nixon down; he was only doing his duty.

Since when is it a cop's duty to supply information to the press when the cop finds evidence of a crime, instead of using the evidence to prosecute the crime?

Perhaps Mr. Felt thought his chances in a media prosecution were a lot more likely to get the result he wanted, than any prosecution in a court of law, or even in the Senate. That is, he may have considered that he didn't have enough evidence to convict. That would explain why he took his case to the news guys instead of initiating presecution.

Or perhaps, and this is the theory I like, Mr. Felt was steamed for having been passed over for the number 1 job in the F.B.I., which could also explain his sneaking around with the press rather than enlisting the D.A. directly in the matter.

Way to go, there, crimefighter. Nice job of putting the needs of the country ahead of any personal animosity.

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