by Scott Ott
(2005-06-01) -- Yesterday's stunning revelation that a former FBI deputy director helped The Washington Post (WaPo) bring down President Richard Nixon, may 'seriously jeopardize' other cooperative espionage efforts between the Post and the intelligence community, according to an anonymous spokesman for the newspaper.
"All of our joint intelligence operations with the FBI, CIA and NSA are threatened by this traitorous breach," said the unnamed WaPo source. "People have come to expect that reading the Washington Post is like sitting in on the President's Daily Briefing. That credibility is now at risk."
Vanity Fair magazine broke the story yesterday that former FBI deputy director W. Mark Felt was the secret source, dubbed 'Deep Throat', that reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein used to confirm and enhance much of their reporting on the Watergate break-in and cover-up.
The dramatic stories of Republican burglars, who helped Mr. Nixon narrowly defeat Democrat George McGovern in a landslide, rocked the nation and established journalists as the chief defenders of American democracy.
The Post said it would continue to guard the identity of other sources, including...
- 'Deep Dish', the source who helped reporters put Martha Stewart behind bars,
- 'Deep Six', who helped editors spike stories of President Clinton's various sexual escapades, and
- 'Deep Akchopra', who provides insightful background information about Oprah Winfrey
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