W. Mark Felt

":"My research, which required days of travel and hundreds of interviews, produced two definite conclusions:"

"Aware of his own weaknesses, he readily conceded his flaws. He was, incongruously, an incurable gossip, careful to label rumor for what it was, but fascinated by it... He could be rowdy, drink too muc…"

"I am really shocked. I always thought that he was the consummate professional, very upright, everybody's vision of the F.B.I. guy."

"Deep Throat lived in solitary dread, under the constant threat of being summarily fired or even indicted, with no colleagues in whom he could confide. He was justifiably suspicious that phones had bee…"

"Everybody is to know that he is a goddamn traitor and just watch him damned carefully."

"I am not Deep Throat, and the only thing I can say is that I wouldn't be ashamed to be, because I think whoever helped the country, no question about it."

"When any president has to worry whether the deputy director of the FBI is sneaking around in dark corridors peddling information in the middle of the night, he's in trouble. There were times when I sh…"

"I thought Mark Felt was probably the one, which made sense because what he told Woodward was mainly the stuff the F.B.I. would have had. What he didn't tell Woodward was really anything critical about…"