The confidential source of Woodward and Bernstein was nicknamed “Deep Throat" He was a friend of Woodward they had meet before Watergate. He was anonymous until 2005 when close to death and revealed to be William Mark Felt Sr; #2 in command of the FBI at the time of Watergate. He was a trusted and an official of the Executive Branch in the government. The way Woodward met with "Deep Throat" was very clever. Remember he stayed anonymous. Woodward would send a signal to him by moving a flower pot with a red flag in it to the rear of his apartment balcony; then the two would meet about 2 a.m. in an underground garage. If Deep Throat wanted to set up a meeting, he would send a message to Woodward's through his morning copy of the New York Times; on the lower corner of page 20, clock hands would be drawn to indicate the time of the rendezvous. Woodward never figured out how "Deep Throat" got hold of his newspaper. "Deep Throat" had great connections be he didn’t want to send Woodward any new information. His main focus was to back up the information that Woodward had and keep him away from false leads.
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