"deep throat" identified

The man who first told Washington Post reporters Woodward and Bernstein about the Watergate affair has finally revealed his identity. W Mark Felt, a retired FBI official, claims he is the source who for years was only referred to as "Deep Throat", in an exclusive interview with Vanity Fair. The reporters released a statement neither confirming nor denying the claim: they swore years ago not to reveal their source until the person had died.

Link to pdf of the Vanity Fair pressroom advance article; link to related MSNBC story; via the Regular.