Felt Pulled A Wilbanks
In a turn of events that would make runaway bride, Jennifer Wilbanks, proud, The Nation magazine has revealed that W. Mark Felt himself led FBI investigations into who "Deep Throat" might be.
It is estimated that Jennifer Wilbanks' stunt cost taxpayers $40,000 to $60,000. I wonder what it cost the FBI to search for Deep Throat in relative dollars. Wilbanks was prosecuted, pleaded no contest, and was "sentenced to two years of probation, 120 hours of community service and ordered that she continue mental health treatment. She also must pay the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Department $2,500 in restitution." In contrast, W. Mark Felt will not be prosecuted and his family stands to reap huge rewards for his stunts.
If only Wilbanks could have held out for 30 more years.
According to originally confidential FBI documents--some written by Felt--that were obtained by The Nation from the FBI's archives, Felt played another heretofore unknown part in the Watergate tale: He was, at heated moments during the scandal, in charge of finding the source of Woodward and Bernstein's Watergate scoops. In a twist worthy of le Carré, Deep Throat was assigned the mission of unearthing--and stopping--Deep Throat.
This placed Felt, who as the FBI's associate director oversaw the bureau's Watergate probe, in an unusual position. He was essentially in charge of investigating himself.
It is estimated that Jennifer Wilbanks' stunt cost taxpayers $40,000 to $60,000. I wonder what it cost the FBI to search for Deep Throat in relative dollars. Wilbanks was prosecuted, pleaded no contest, and was "sentenced to two years of probation, 120 hours of community service and ordered that she continue mental health treatment. She also must pay the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Department $2,500 in restitution." In contrast, W. Mark Felt will not be prosecuted and his family stands to reap huge rewards for his stunts.
If only Wilbanks could have held out for 30 more years.
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