This Just In! "Deep Throat" Revealed!

Be honest. Did you really, truly want the mystery of Watergate's "Deep Throat" to be solved?

Former FBI official W. Mark Felt has come forward to reveal in Vanity Fair magazine that, indeed, he was the infamous source for then-Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Felt, the one-time No. 2 man at the FBI, is now 91 years old and in failing health.

For news junkies, the revelation is akin to learning that there is no Santa Claus. The decades-long speculation about the identity of "Deep Throat" included so many well-known figures from the Nixon White House -- Pat Buchanan, Alexander Haig, Charles Colson, etc. -- it's a bit of a let-down to find out that the guessing game is over.

The New York Times reports today:

" 'I'm the guy they used to call "Deep Throat," Mr. Felt told John D. O'Connor, a lawyer and the author of the Vanity Fair article, the magazine said today in a press release."

Presumably, Felt was referring to what the Washington Post reporters called him -- and not to any nicknames that stemmed from any Bureau activities involving J. Edgar Hoover.

News! On the march!