Press: 'Deep Throat' Unmasks Himself as Ex-No. 2 Official at F.B.I. - NYT

'Deep Throat' Unmasks Himself as Ex-No. 2 Official at F.B.I. - New York Times: "Mr. Woodward, who did not return telephone calls seeking comment, confirmed as much in comments to The Post's Web site on Tuesday. He said he had decided to confirm his source's identity, despite his concerns that Mr. Felt might not be competent enough to release him from his 33-year-old pledge of confidentiality.

'There's a principle involved,' Mr. Bernstein said in a telephone interview from New York, before The Post's confirmation. 'Reporters may be going to jail today for upholding that principle, and we don't and won't belittle it now.'"