Woodward and Bernstein meet Deep Throat

By Michael J.W. Stickings

If you're like me and you're fascinated by all things Watergate, and even if you're not, check out this article from The Press Democrat on a recent visit by Woodward and Bernstein to Mark "Deep Throat" Felt at his home in Santa Rosa, California.

Felt, 95, is in poor health and "has lost most of his long-term memory," but it's pretty amazing to see the three of them together at long last (in the photo, the man in the back is John O'Connor, co-author of Felt's biography -- if you don't know what they look like, that's Bernstein on the left and Woodward on the right), and it seems to have been a wonderful reunion.

Amazingly enough, Bernstein had never even met him before. Felt was Woodward's contact, after all, and Deep Throat's identity was only revealed publicly in 2005. If I'm not mistaken, only the two of them, along with WaPo executive editor Ben Bradlee, knew his identity.