Interview in The Hartford Courant (1999)
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Famous W. Mark Felt Quotes
“I'm the guy they used to call "Deep Throat."”
Statement to John D. O'Connor, under a shield of attorney-client privilege revealed in an article for the July 2005 issue http://www.vanityfair.com/commentary/content/articles/050530roco02 of Vanity Fair which was publicly released on May 31, 2005, revealing his identity after more than 30 years of secrecy. It is stated that he made such a statement several times in the course of conversations, and he is also quoted in the title of the piece as having said" "I'm the guy they called 'Deep Throat'."
“I guess people used to think Deep Throat was a criminal, but now they think he's a hero.”
Statement to his daughter, Joan Felt; reported by his grandson, Nick Jones in a public statement of his personal family. (31 May 2005)
Statement to Woodward and Bernstein, in his period of secret revelations to them during the Watergate investigations. Published in All the President's Men (1974) by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
Misattributed
“What would you think the odds were that this town could keep that secret for this long?”
Benjamin C. Bradlee, former Executive Editor of the Washington Post, who, along with Woodward and Bernstein, were the only ones publicly known to know the identity of "Deep Throat."
W. Mark Felt Quotes
Pat Buchanan on MSNBC (31 May 2005)
Family press statement by his grandson Nick Jones. (31 May 2005)
All the President's Men (1974) by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
“Everybody is to know that he is a goddamn traitor and just watch him damned carefully.”
Richard Nixon to Alexander Haig (May 12, 1973)
“He knows everything there is to know in the FBI. He has access to absolutely everything.”
H.R. Haldeman, White House chief of staff statement about Felt's suspected leaks in 1972 to Richard Nixon, to which Nixon replied, "Why in the hell would he do that?"
