Leak : why Mark Felt became Deep Throat / Max Holland.
Holland, Max.
2012
E860 .H65 2012 (Mapit)
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Title Leak : why Mark Felt became Deep Throat / Max Holland.
Author Holland, Max.
ISBN 9780700618293 (alk. paper)
0700618295 (alk. paper)
Imprint Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2012.
Language English
Description xiii, 285 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number E860 .H65 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification 973.924092 B
Summary 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
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > Books
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A forced departure, May 1973
The "war of the FBI succession," 1969-1972
Felt's private COINTELPRO, June 1972
To leak or not to leak?, July 1972
Special Agent Woodward, August 1972
Retracing the bureau's steps, August-October 1972
Richard Nixon's own "Deep Throat", October 1972
"A claque of ambitious men," November 1972-January 1973
The safe choice, February 1973
Gray self-destructs, March-May 1973
The making of Deep Throat, 1973-1981
Epilogue, 1982-2011.

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