WERE THESE THE CAUSES OF THE ABANDONMENT OF CAMBODIA BY THE US DEMOCRATE LIBERALS AT THAT TIME ? CAMBODIA FELL TO THE COMMUNISTS (FUNK OF SIHANOUK COMPOSED OF NVN/VC TROOPS ) IN APRIL 1975 , AFTER DR KISSINGER HAD BETRAYED GENERAL WESTMORELAND AT THE PARIS PEACE TALKS IN 1970-1973, AND THE BETRAYAL OF THIS MAN DEEP THROAT AND THE COOPER -CHURCH AMENDMENT THAT HAD OBLIDGED THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION TO ABANDON THE US ALLIES IN VIETNAM IN 1975. HERE IS THE NEWS RELATED TO THIS MAN FROM THE FBI WHO CALLED "Deep Throat, Watergate's secret informant, dies at 95. The man known as Deep Throat, the secret informant in the Watergate scandal that led to the downfall of president Richard Nixon in 1974, has died, his family said Friday. He was 95.
Mark Felt , the "most famous anonymous source in American history," died in his sleep Thursday at a California hospice, reported Bob Woodward, one of the two Post journalists who exposed the Watergate affair. Felt was associate director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) when he began helping the reporters. After revealing his identity in 2005, he said he never considered himself a hero, but was just "trying to help." His daughter Joan Felt said he had a big breakfast before saying he was tired, and went to sleep, the Post said. "He slipped away," she added. (1) WAS THIS MAN THE CAUSE OF THE CAMBODIAN GENOCIDE ? WHAT DO YOU THINK ? Bury =============================================================== FURTHER READING: WASHINGTON (AFP) - - The man known as Deep Throat, the secret informant in the Watergate scandal that led to the downfall of president Richard Nixon in 1974, has died, his family said Friday. He was 95. ADVERTISEMENT Mark Felt , the "most famous anonymous source in American history," died in his sleep Thursday at a California hospice, reported Bob Woodward, one of the two Post journalists who exposed the Watergate affair. Felt was associate director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) when he began helping the reporters. After revealing his identity in 2005, he said he never considered himself a hero, but was just "trying to help." His daughter Joan Felt said he had a big breakfast before saying he was tired, and went to sleep, the Post said. "He slipped away," she added. Felt was in poor health when he revealed three years ago he was the shadowy informant of late-night meetings in dark garages. Deep Throat became the iconic representation of a whistleblower after being the protagonist of the book and movie "All the President's Men." He was memorably portrayed in the movie as urging the two young reporters to "follow the money." He kept his role secret for 33 years, not even telling his family. In memoirs and several media interviews, Felt had repeatedly denied he was Deep Throat. But it was with his crucial input that Woodward and Carl Bernstein could write a series of investigative scoops about the Nixon administration's involvement in the June 1972 burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex in the US capital. The burglars, who were seeking to plant listening devices to spy on the Democrats during an election campaign, were tried and found guilty. The scandal -- including the White House's attempts at cover-up -- ultimately led to Nixon becoming the first US president to resign in disgrace in August 1974. In a 2006 interview with CNN's Larry King, Felt was asked if he liked being called Deep Throat -- the name Woodward and Bernstein gave him in their book on the scandal. Felt replied that he was "proud of everything Deep Throat did -- yes, I like being related to him." He insisted on referring to his alter-ego in the third person. Felt's daughter told King: "He's always said that Deep Throat is a personality that was created by Bob Woodward, a name that was created. He likes to say that he's the person that they called Deep Throat." A Post editor had first come up with the Deep Throat moniker -- also the name of an erotic movie. The newspaper described it Friday as "a bit of wordplay based on the title of a pornographic movie of the time." After confessing to his role in an article for Vanity Fair magazine, Felt was simultaneously hailed as a hero and denounced as a villain. Felt's grandson, Nick Jones, described his grandfather as "a great American hero," adding that Felt was pleased at finally being "honored for his role as 'Deep Throat'." Jones also said his family hoped the country would see him the same way they did. But not everyone did -- especially former Nixon aides. G. Gordon Liddy, a Nixon operative who served four and a half years in prison for engineering the Watergate break-in, said Felt "violated the ethics of the law enforcement profession." Former Nixon speechwriter and now TV news pundit Pat Buchanan bluntly labelled him a "traitor." Felt's name was no stranger to the perennial Washington dinner party game of identifying Woodward's source. The list of likely suspects had included former Nixon White House aide Diane Sawyer, who is now a television presenter, Nixon's chief of staff Alexander Haig and FBI director at the time Patrick Gray. Some even argued that Deep Throat was in fact several people, merely a literary invention. The more outlandish claims had it as Nixon himself with a split-personality, covertly contributing to his own downfall. The Vanity Fair article told how Joan confronted her father about what a family friend, Yvette La Garde, had told her about his secret past. Felt initially denied it, but after Joan told him what Garde said, he answered: "Since that's the case, well, yes I am." When asked in an interview how he would like to be remembered, Felt however downplayed his role and the Deep Throat image. "I want to be remembered as a government employee who did his best to help everybody. I would like a reputation of trying to help people," he said. _________________________________________________________________ Life on your PC is safer, easier, and more enjoyable with Windows Vista®. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/127032870/direct/01/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. 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