LabattBlue Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/ne...t_id=1000789447 Author Now Suspects 'Deep Throat' Was -- Drumroll, Please -- George H.W. Bush By E&P Staff Published: February 04, 2005 3:05 PM ET NEW YORK The author of the 1993 biography of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, “Deep Truth,” today named George H.W. Bush the new chief suspect as famed Watergate source Deep Throat. The “outing” was timed to the opening of the two reporters’ Watergate archives at the University of Texas. The author of several books for major publishers, Adrian Havill says his claim is based on recent events and his own research at the the National Archives. He announced the “finding” in a letter posted at the Romenesko site at the Poynter Institute. Havill, author of a book about FBI double agent Robert Hanssen, “The Spy who Stayed Out of the Cold,” formerly believed that the Deep Throat character was a composite of several sources. Among the suggestive evidence he cited for his new theory: “Did Bush have motivation? You bet,” Havill wrote. “It was Richard Nixon who urged Bush to leave a safe seat in Congress, hinting there would be a position as assistant Secretary of the Treasury waiting for him if he failed to win a Senate seat held by Ralph Yarborough. When Bush lost, Nixon reneged and asked him to take the U.N. slot instead but teased him by hinting he would be the replacement for Spiro Agnew in 1972. Instead, he was given the thankless task of heading the Republican National Committee in 1973. The elder Bush got his revenge in the end, by standing up at a cabinet meeting in August of 1974 and becoming the first person in Nixon's inner circle to ask the President to resign. Havill also pointed out that, like Woodward, Bush was a Yalie and a Navy man. And he recalled that Woodward in his 1998 book, “Shadow,” boasted that Bush had aides drop off “classified documents to his home which became the basis of a Washington Post front page story.” Furthermore, George W. Bush, to the surprise of many, gave Woodward seven hours of interviews and urged his cabinet to cooperate with Woodward on book projects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corp000085 Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 i thought monica was deep throat thread started at 5:23 PM. wonder how long until its moved... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 It's interesting how many conspiracy theories George Herbert Walker Bush is involved in. I also read how he may have been behind a John Lennon assassination conspiracy and and the attempted assassination on Ronald Reagan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 Skull and Bones, baby. Skull and Bones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 It's interesting how many conspiracy theories George Herbert Walker Bush is involved in. I also read how he may have been behind a John Lennon assassination conspiracy and and the attempted assassination on Ronald Reagan. 231695[/snapback] he was also in the stands at the super bowl. maybe fan in chicago is right and there was a conspiracy to fix the game. after all, GHWB is originally from new england... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted February 7, 2005 Author Share Posted February 7, 2005 he was also in the stands at the super bowl. maybe fan in chicago is right and there was a conspiracy to fix the game. after all, GHWB is originally from new england... 231704[/snapback] Did you ever hear Norwood talk about the person in the endzone shining a bright light towards him right before "the Kick"? Where was George that night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 Did you ever hear Norwood talk about the person in the endzone shining a bright light towards him right before "the Kick"? Where was George that night? 231705[/snapback] in january of 91 i think he was a little preoccupied Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyT Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 he was also in the stands at the super bowl. maybe fan in chicago is right and there was a conspiracy to fix the game. after all, GHWB is originally from new england... 231704[/snapback] According to some wallers that would be "ironic." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albany,n.y. Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 It's interesting how many conspiracy theories George Herbert Walker Bush is involved in. I also read how he may have been behind a John Lennon assassination conspiracy and and the attempted assassination on Ronald Reagan. 231695[/snapback] If you play the Stones record Sympathy For The Devilback backwards at slow speeds, after Jagger sings ..."I shouted out, who killed the Kennedys", it says GHW Bush, not "When after all it was you and me." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 "Deep Throat" was Ralph Janison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thamus Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 "Deep Throat" was Ralph Janison. 231742[/snapback] He was just a PATSIE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 He was just a PATSIE! 231756[/snapback] buh-dum-bum. Was that Lee Harvey Brady? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 He was just a PATSIE! 231756[/snapback] Not so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thamus Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 buh-dum-bum.Was that Lee Harvey Brady? 231760[/snapback] I am glad someone got the humor! "Lee Harvey (Brady)! Whennnnn you and your friends stole that cow, and tried to MAKE IT WITH IT? I WANT TO PARTY WITH YOU!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 I am glad someone got the humor! "Lee Harvey (Brady)! Whennnnn you and your friends stole that cow, and tried to MAKE IT WITH IT? I WANT TO PARTY WITH YOU!" 231769[/snapback] It was RJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadBuffaloDisease Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 I just saw on CNN that John Dean says that "Deep Throat" is gravely ill and his identity will be revealed when he dies. The report also said that Dean doesn't know who "Deep Throat" is, so I guess someone told him he's gravely ill, which seems odd. So likely it's not "Hach." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownBillsFan Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Saw a great documentary on Deep Throat on Discovery Channel (I think), anyway, Woodward and Bernstein said that once Deep Throat dies, his identity will be revealed. It will be interesting to see who it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadBuffaloDisease Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Saw a great documentary on Deep Throat on Discovery Channel (I think), anyway, Woodward and Bernstein said that once Deep Throat dies, his identity will be revealed. It will be interesting to see who it is. And if he/she is gravely ill, we should find out soon. My guess though is that it won't be someone well-known, because this person would have been reported as gravely ill. Then again, could it be.....The Pope?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shameless Homer Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 And if he/she is gravely ill, we should find out soon. My guess though is that it won't be someone well-known, because this person would have been reported as gravely ill. Then again, could it be.....The Pope?! 231864[/snapback] Deep Throat is Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadBuffaloDisease Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Deep Throat is Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Could very well be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 And I always thought it was Linda Lovelace! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dib Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 I thought Nixon's wife was deep throat because tricky dick was always trying to 'get it down Pat' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Deep Throat is Chief Justice William Rehnquist. 231880[/snapback] Now THAT is a plausible idea because at the time of Nixon's administration, Rehnquist was a federal prosecutor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownBillsFan Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Now THAT is a plausible idea because at the time of Nixon's administration, Rehnquist was a federal prosecutor. 232001[/snapback] And he is gravely ill, hmmm that is a plausible guess! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuntheDamnBall Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 I don't know, sounds more like something Clarence Thomas might be interested in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobody Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Rehnquist was/is a very big supporter of wiretaping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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