I wrote earlier this month that Woodward and Bernstein’s Deep Throat May Be Composite of Multiple Sources, which has been the opinion of Nixon aide Charles Colson. Here, Jonah Goldberg explains why he believes Deep Throat is “Bob and Carl’s imaginary friend.”
Goldberg also adds to the composite theory:
Recently, Fox News media analyst Eric Burns revealed that the late, great historian Stephen Ambrose had told him there never was a Deep Throat. Burns' evidence was second-hand at best. He said Ambrose had shared an editor with Woodward and Bernstein - the legendary Alice Mayhew - and she had told him that Deep Throat was a composite of various sources. Mayhew told Ambrose that the first manuscript of "All the President's Men" contained no references to Deep Throat and that she told them the book needed a stronger plot device. D.T. was the result.
--James Jewell
I believe that Deep Throat is a single individual primarily because Woodward and Bernstein, who have great credibility with me, have always insisted that this is so.
YanıtlaSilAt present, the two most likely candidates appear to be Howard Hunt and William Rehnquist. I opt for the latter because he would have been closer to the center of gravity, although Hunt would have had a more intimate relationship with the actual conspiracy.