10-year Old Kid First To Know Deep Throat's Identity

Slate ^ | 5/31/05 | Timothy Noah

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

Excerpt:

. . . a 19-year-old from Port Chester, N.Y., named Chase Culeman-Beckman claims to have been told by Carl Bernstein's son Jacob that Deep Throat was ... Mark Felt. Culeman-Beckman says that 11 years ago he attended Hampton Day School Camp in Bridgehampton, Long Island with Carl Bernstein's sons, Jacob and Max, and that Jacob was the one who told him. According to Daley, Culeman-Beckman "said the young Bernstein told him the information came straight from his dad," who of course is one of the three people known to be party to the secret. (The other two are Bob Woodward and Ben Bradlee.)

I was in the "Herons" group along with about fifteen other 8, 9, and 10 year olds ... One Friday in July we went on a trip to Long Beach, Sag Harbor, and Jacob, Max and I ended up sitting in the sand precociously talking about politics. It was an election year and I was in favor of George Bush because he had gone to the Greenwich Country Day School where I was attending, while Jacob and Max were for Michael Dukakis, although I do not remember why. At some point, the conversation turned to Nixon and Watergate ... which I knew little, if nothing, about. During the conversation Jacob told me: "Deep Throat was Mark Felt, he's someone in the FBI. I'm 100% sure."

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

This Slate article appeared in 1999. Interesting.

[Cornpone]

Who cares...sorry, but I don't.

[1FASTGLOCK45]

I really thought Deepthroat was Monica!!

[Sonny M]

I remember this.

Woodward and Bernstein started the whole talking loud saying nothing back then.

Felt may have screwed Nixon, but the money he screwed those 2 knuckleheads out of....is priceless.

[Paleo Conservative]

There was probably more than one Deepthroat.

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

Felt may have screwed Nixon, but the money he screwed those 2 knuckleheads out of....is priceless.

Alexander Haig said the same thing today.

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

Bob Haldeman once told Nixon that he believed Mark Felt was a major source of leaks.

[Reeses]

Linda Tripp: demonized and destroyed by the leftist media. Felt: admired and protected.

[spetznaz]

Nope. She is Shallow Throat.

[LibFreeOrDie]

8 year old boys at summer camp, at the beach, in July, yakking about Watergate?

[SauronOfMordor]

I wouldn't be surprised if Felt has been keeping an autobiography manuscript stashed away in some safe, as an inheritance/present to his kids

[nmh]

Who knows what else he "leaked" and to whom.

[nmh]

When I hear about "Deep Throat", I recall that x rated Deep Throat movie. Nah, I didn't see it but heard it was very graphic.

[CO Gal]

Agreed. What next? A new Ike scandel?!?! woooooooo...

[Publius6961]

Actually my dog's vet's garderer's cousin was the first to know.
He needed a light for his cigarette in Disneyland 14 years ago and the 6-year old who gave him a light said his uncle's grandmother's podiatrist's baby sitter had told him the whole story the week before.

What the importance or relevance today, May 31, 2005?
Zilch, nichigo, zip, nada.
But my dog think it's cool. He's been wagging his tail all day!

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

Linda Lovelace was the "actress".

I believe it was either "Deep Throat" or "Debbie Does Dallas" that set some sort of record for a ratio of gross proceeds to cost to produce.

[Lord Nelson]

So Deep Throat did his job. Period. Why does that make him a hero? Watergate in a nutshell. Nixon hired some goons to steal documents from a Democrat Party office. Not like Deep Throat saved some lives.

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

One kid was the son of Carl Bernstien. That is a bit different. In addition, knowing 10-11 year-old boys, the term "Deep Throat" probably had a bit of mystery to it.

[Bossy Gillis]

That's what I thought too.