Butterfield, Kenneth Clawson, Charles Colson, Leonard Garment, David Gergen, Alexander Haig, Richard Moore and Jonathan Rose) FBI (Thomas E. In his book, Lost Honor (1982), John Dean made a list of 30 possible candidates: White House Staff ( Stephen Bull, Alexander P. This included communications on 19th June (2 phone calls) 16th September, 1972 (phone call) 8th October, 1972 (phone call) 9th October, 1972 (garage meeting) 21st October, 1972 (garage meeting), 27th October, 1972 (garage meeting), late December, 1972 (undisclosed), 25th January, 1973 (garage meeting) 25th February, 1973 (meeting in bar) 16th April, 1973 (phone call) 16th May, 1973 (garage meeting) and a meeting during the first week of November, 1973. If a meeting was requested, the page number would be circled and the hands of a clock indicating the time of the rendezvous would appear in a lower corner of the page."Īccording to Woodward's book, All the President's Men, he had at least fifteen conversations with Deep Throat while investigating the Watergate scandal. Each morning, Woodward would check page 20 of his New York Times, delivered to his apartment house before 7:00 am. On one occasion (25th February, 1973) the men met in a Washington bar.Īs Bob Woodward, and Carl Bernstein explained in All the President's Men: "If Deep Throat wanted a meeting-which was rare-there was a different procedure. It was agreed that if Woodward wanted a meeting he would place a flower pot with the red flag on the balcony of his apartment. Deep Throat even refused to use the phone to set up the meetings. in a pre-designated underground parking garage. However, by October, 1973, Deep Throat had become very worried that he would be identified as Woodward's main source and insisted that they had their meetings at about 2:00 am. Howard Hunt, a former member of the Central Intelligence Agency, was a major suspect in the case.Īt first Woodward and Deep Throat communicated via telephone. The first information that Deep Throat gave Woodward on 19th June was that the Federal Bureau of Investigation considered that E.
Their discussions would be only to confirm information that had been obtained elsewhere and to add some perspective." Further, he, had agreed never to quote the man, even as an anonymous source.
Woodward had promised he would never identify him or his position to anyone. He could be contacted only on very important occasions. According to All the President's Men: "His identity was unknown to anyone else.
Later, Howard Simons, the managing editor of the newspaper, gave him the nickname "Deep Throat".ĭuring their first telephone conversation with Bob Woodward Deep Throat insisted on certain conditions. This man, who Woodward claims was a high-ranking federal employee, was willing to help Woodward as long as he was never named as a source. On 19th June, Woodward telephoned a man who he called "an old friend" for information about the burglars. It appeared that the men had been to wiretap the conversations of Larry O'Brien, chairman of the Democratic National Committee.īob Woodward, and Carl Bernstein, two journalists employed by the Washington Post, began working on the story. McCord were arrested while breaking into the Democratic Party campaign offices in an apartment block called Watergate. On 3rd July, 1972, Frank Sturgis, Virgilio Gonzalez, Eugenio Martinez, Bernard L.
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