@article{448547,
      author = {Holland, Max.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/448547},
      title = {Leak : why Mark Felt became Deep Throat /},
      publisher = {University Press of Kansas,},
      abstract = {Through the shadowy persona of 'Deep Throat', FBI official  Mark Felt became as famous as the Watergate scandal his  'leaks' helped uncover. Felt was regarded for decades as a  conscientious but highly secretive whistleblower who  shunned the limelight. Yet even after he finally revealed  his identity in 2005, questions about his true motivations  persisted. The author critiques all the theories of Felt's  motivation that have circulated over the years, including  notions that Felt had been genuinely upset by White House  law-breaking or had tried to defend and insulate the FBI  from the machinations of President Nixon and his Watergate  henchmen. The author then reveals for the first time in  detail what truly motivated the FBI's number-two executive  to become the most fabled secret source in American  history. He showcases the many twists and turns to Felt's  story that are not widely known, revealing not a selfless  official acting out of altruistic patriotism, but rather a  career bureaucrat with his very own private agenda. Drawing  on interviews, oral histories, FBI Watergate files, papers  of the Watergate Special Prosecution Force, presidential  tape recordings, and other Watergate-related papers, this  book sheds new light on both Felt's motivations and the  complex and often problematic relationship between the  press and government officials. Fast-paced and scrupulously  fact-checked, this book resolves the mystery residing at  the heart of Mark Felt's actions. By doing so, it radically  revises our understanding of America's most famous  presidential scandal.  -- from Book Jacket},
      recid = {448547},
      pages = {xiii, 285 p. ;},
      address = {Lawrence, Kan. :},
      year = {2012},
}