World Magazine: Chuck Colson said at first he "did not believe it" when he learnedâ€â€along with the rest of the nationâ€â€the true identity of Deep Throat. The noted evangelical author, speaker, and founder of Prison Fellowship said he, like other leading Watergate figures, long discounted the presence of an inside informant feeding scoops to Washington Post reporters from an underground parking garage.
After W. Mark Felt, 91, a 30-year-plus FBI veteran and Hoover protégé, confirmed that he was the dirt-shoveler behind one of Washington's longest-held secrets, Colson's concern was his status as a national hero. Colson said Felt breached professional ethics, but he was more concerned to see a top government official treated as a hero for leaking government data.
