Deep Throat

A bizarre turn on the investigative trail A bizarre turn on the investigative trail

Recently I got a hot tip about U.S. war crimes in Iraq. It led me to some very cold, very weird places.
By Mark Benjamin Jan 23, 2008

  • What Deep Throat was up to

    Mark Felt fought a covert battle against Nixon's plan to create an imperial presidency. But could he have prevailed against George W. Bush, who has created a kingdom beyond even Nixon's dreams?
    By Sidney Blumenthal June 9, 2005

  • Nixon's revenge

    The revelations about Deep Throat aren't as noteworthy as the continuing audacity of the former president's apologists.
    By Joe Conason June 3, 2005

  • Putting Deep Throat in perspective

    Leading media lights Pat Buchanan and Rush Limbaugh explain that Nixon's enemies were responsible for losing the Vietnam War, and for genocide in Cambodia.
    By Mark Follman June 2, 2005

  • "Inside Deep Throat"

    This documentary about the ludicrously bad ur-porno film will test your gag reflex.
    By Andrew O'Hehir February 11, 2005

  • Guessing game

    The revelation of Deep Throat's identity has only created more mysteries.
    By John W. Dean June 7, 2005

  • Deep Throat revealed

    Daniel Ellsberg, Stanley Kutler, Sean Wilentz, Adrian Havill and David Daley weigh in on the end of the 30-year mystery.
    Compiled by Salon staff June 1, 2005

  • Deep Throat: Who knew?

    If W. Mark Felt is the man, a few journalists get credit for having been right for a long time now.
    By Tim Grieve May 31, 2005

  • Is he Deep Throat?

    A retired FBI agent says he was the secret source who helped Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein unravel the story of Watergate.
    By Tim Grieve May 31, 2005

  • Debunking Deep Throat's debunkers

    Could the famous anonymous source have scribbled on Bob Woodward's newspaper or received signals from his balcony? A historian walks a mile in Deep Throat's shoes to settle the debate.
    By Ken Hughes July 1, 2002

  • "Unmasking Deep Throat"

    John Dean, on a decades-long quest to identify history's most elusive news source, brings new evidence to the fore in his new book.
    By Scott Rosenberg June 17, 2002

  • Unmasking Deep Throat

    Coming June 17: John Dean and Salon team up for an innovative e-book project.
    May 2, 2002

  • Hyperbole is hell

    Talkin' trash about Talk; Chris Rock & Tyson cry the blues in the bosom of fame; did Bernstein's son cough up Deep Throat's identity? Plus: Gotti on Clinton.
    By Amy Reiter August 4, 1999
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