Professor and Students Identify 'Deep Throat'
A University of Illinois professor and his students have studied the identity of Deep Throat of Watergate fame for eight semesters and say they have positively identified him-- they say he is Fred Fielding, chief counsel to President Nixon during Watergate.
Everything that we have, we show there's a document," Gaines said. Unlike many previous speculations on the source's identity, "it's not interpretation, it's not guesswork," he said.We'll be interested to hear Woodward and Bernstein's response.Fielding fits all the personal characteristics of "Deep Throat," as described by Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, through their newspaper stories, their book "All the President's Men" and the movie of the same title.
Fielding did not respond Tuesday to a request for comment by United Press International.
....Fielding was the chief counsel to President Ronald Reagan for five years, served as a member of the Bush-Cheney transition team, and currently is a member of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks.
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