{"id":577,"date":"2005-06-02T14:52:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-02T18:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=577"},"modified":"2005-12-09T08:31:34","modified_gmt":"2005-12-09T13:31:34","slug":"not-so-deep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/not-so-deep","title":{"rendered":"Not So Deep"},"content":{"rendered":"

I never really thought about the identity of Deep Throat, so the revelation this week that it was a disgruntled FBI exec who leaked all that info about Anthony Hopkins to Redford and Hoffman didn’t cause a lot of waves at the Virtual Memories Palace. I was more interested in the story about that dude<\/a> who solved Fermat’s Theorem<\/a>. The answers to either of these questions has no real effect on my life, but hey.<\/p>\n

I was also more interested in something that grabbed Mickey Kaus’ attention<\/a>: What about all those other Watergate characters who used to not-exactly-deny that they were Deep Throat? It’s kind of funny that so many other people were fingered as possible sources, but few of them came out and straightforwardly said it wasn’t them. Instead, it was as if they could cloak themselves in a little notoriety, an air of mystery about their true identities. Not content with being has-been political hacks, they had a little something to hold on to.<\/p>\n

Till now. Many of them are dead, and the rest can now celebrate complete has-been status, soon to join Mr. Felt in a nursing home. That’s history for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I never really thought about the identity of Deep Throat, so the revelation this week that it was a disgruntled FBI exec who leaked all that info about Anthony Hopkins to Redford and Hoffman didn’t cause a lot of waves at the Virtual Memories Palace. I was more interested in the story about that dude … <\/p>\n

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