The source known as Deep Throat provided a kind of road map through the scandal. His one consistent message was that the Watergate burglary was just the tip of the iceberg.
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Deep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor of The Washington Post.
I suspect there have been a number of conspiracies that never were described or leaked out. But I suspect none of the magnitude and sweep of Watergate.
Deep Throat's information, and in my view, courage, allowed the newspaper to use what he knew and suspected.
Deep Throat did serve the public interest by providing the guidance and information to us.
If the many allegations made to this date are true, then the burglars who broke into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate were, in effect, breaking into the home of every citizen.
It would seem that the Watergate story from beginning to end could be used as a primer on the American political system.
The fact of the Watergate cover-up is not nearly as interesting as the step into making the cover-up. And when you understand the step, you understand that Richard Nixon lied. That he was a criminal.
The French were mystified about the Watergate scandal.
Deep Throat is a guy who could have your files and mine in his trust.
Watergate is an immensely complicated scandal with a cast of characters as varied as a Tolstoy novel.
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