The recent revelation that William Mark Felt was “Deep Throat” has sparked considerable interest, including the publication of Bob Woodward’s The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate’s Deep Throat (2005). My first concern is why the movie that gave its name to the source for the truth of the Watergate cover-up was such a phenomenon of 1972-73. Then I move on to the questions of the connections between the language of sex and power, power as an aphrodisiac, fear and envy, political and personal betrayal, and a comparison of the star secret source (“Deep Throat”) and the star of the Deep Throat movie.
Paul Elovitz (Sat,) studied this question.