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I still think Al was involved.

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The old book “Silent Coup” by Len Colodny is a well-researched book on Watergate. It talks quite a bit about Haig. There was a General(?) that had links to Woodward and when confronted about trying to do an end-around on Nixon (maybe even to “overthrow” him?) he replied something like “To think that I would deceive the President of the United States is rediculus - outlandish, and doesn't even deserve a comment.”

I recall years after reading the book an article in a magazine about this General being accused of buying military weapons (tanks, etc.) for a museum, but instead selling the stuff to foreign countries. It was unbelievable, but his response to the accusation used the EXACT same words as before. I believe he was convicted on the arms-trafficking.

I have real doubts that Felt was “Deep Throat”. I think the book came to the conclusion that Deep Throat was a compilation of people.

Len Coldny’s website with some info:

http://www.watergate.com/

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From the “Silent Coup” website there is this observation by Colodny:

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What was Concealed:

Woodward, by using “Throat”, is concealing the person that actually erased the tape or at the very least witnessed it being erased.

Why This Is Significant:

Colodny tells Woodward in the interview transcript below: “the word that jumps out at you is deliberate. Because if somebody is deliberately erasing tapes that are before Judge Sirica, we’re talking about a crime.”

It is significant because, if for “Throat” to know it was deliberate, he either erased the tape or witnessed its destruction. It is clear that both the process of elimination and Woodward’s changing story about “Throat” as a source, that Alexander Haig is the source that told him that there were deliberate erasures on the White House tapes.