Historical Footnote

Maggie says:
Now that we know who Deep Throat is, here's another tidbit buried in this Times article about mystery man W. Mark Felt:

Felt "was convicted in 1980 on unrelated charges of authorizing government agents to break into homes secretly, without warrants, in a search for anti-Vietnam War bombing suspects from the radical Weather Underground in 1972 and 1973. Five months later, President Ronald Reagan pardoned him on the grounds that he had 'acted on high principle to bring an end to the terrorism that was threatening our nation.'"

By the way, if anyone out there hasn't seen the documentary The Weather Underground, get yourself to your local video store immediately. It's pretty incredible stuff, very well done.