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Another action packed thriller of a show centered around the revelation of Mark
Felt as Deep Throat...Leslie Stahl of CBS News, a veteran of the Watergate era
will share with us her notebook from that time period and what Deep Throat's
identity means to our understanding of the story...She scored the first
pictures of the Watergate burglars the day after the burglary, for
example...We'll show you the tape to prove the veracity of that claim...Leslie
will bottom line the sights, sounds and smells of this fateful epoch...A
"net-net" if you will...
David Shuster interviews Felt's co-author of his biography 1979 "The FBI
Pyramid", Ralph De Toledano to give some more insight into Felt, his background
and his motives...In the book Felt, btw, adamantly denied that he was Deep
Throat...Shuster just explained the story to me and it's a doozy...Apparently
De Toledano's share of the memoir was mysteriously (at least to him) bought out
from him a year and a half ago for $5,000 by the Felt family...He never knew
Felt was the man until this week...
And did Mark Felt violate DOJ policies and possibly the law by leaking info to
the Post? Former Reagan administration prosecutor/uber-lawyer Joe DiGenova
thinks so and calls the "whistleblower" first amendment protection argument
"baloney." He'll give us his take on why Felt isn't quite up to the hero
status that his supporters are making him out to be...
We finish up with some serious slicin and dicin from Tony and Timothy Noah from
Slate...Noah's been on this story for years and even fingered Felt as Deep
Throat way back in 1999...
Must Read...Woodward: How Mark Felt became 'Deep Throat'...Watergate source's
motives remained mystery to reporter http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8064563/
For Watergate buff there's no better place to be tonight that MSNBC's Hardball
with Chris Matthews...
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from
Washington, DC
Noah Backgrounder: Were Felt's Leaks Illegal? Probably. But he still shouldn't
have worried. http://slate.com/id/2120069/
Deep Throat, Antihero...His unmasking makes everybody look a little less noble.
http://slate.com/id/2119870/
Leaks Came Against Backdrop Of a Post-Hoover Power Struggle (The Washington
Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/01/AR2005060101778_pf.html
Follow the Money: The Marketing of Deep Throat...Publishers and Producers Eager
for Secret Source's Story (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/01/AR2005060101993_pf.html
Washington Post Is Copping A Felt On Deep Throat (NY Observer)
http://www.observer.com/pages/frontpage3.asp
Wave of attacks leaves 38 Iraqis dead...At least 38 Iraqis were killed Thursday
in a wave of bombings and shootings in several cities, including Baghdad,
officials said. (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7897149/
Renewing the struggle over President Bush's judicial picks, a civil rights
group intends to launch a limited ad campaign this week attacking Janice Rogers
Brown as a "radical judge" unworthy of confirmation to the appeals court. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050602/D8AFLQK80.html
Dem Chairman Dean rallies party liberals...Democratic Party chairman Howard
Dean told liberal activists Thursday they have an extraordinary opportunity to
provide an alternative to the country after more than four years of the "dark,
difficult and dishonest vision the Republican Party offers for America." (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8074401/
North Korea: Cheney a 'bloodthirsty beast'...VP's comments blasting Kim cited
as reason for no nuclear talks (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8071846/
Jeb Bush brushes off White House talk...Dad puts in a plug for Florida governor
on TV show (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8061173/
Russia warns U.S. about weapons in space...Minister vows retaliatory steps over
technology threat (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8073961/
CNN should cover international news and the environment, not the "pervert of
the day," network founder Ted Turner said Wednesday as the first 24-hour news
network turned 25. (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050601/D8AF4HUO0.html
Opinion/Editorial
Terry: Long Live France http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=7614
Corn on Deep Throat: More Hero Than Not
http://thenation.com/blogs/capitalgames?bid=3&pid=3044
Lambro: PBS jousting...The question of a left-wing tilt in public television is
in the news again, this time posed by the man who runs the federal agency that
funds public broadcasting
http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20050601-100138-1416r.htm
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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