Deep Throat: Now really attached to face, because Woodward & Bernstein said so

It’s official: W. Mark Felt was Deep Throat. Woodward and Bernstein just confirmed it to the Washington Post, along with Benjamin Bradlee, their former top editor.

Earlier today Woodward and Bernstein declined to confirm the report, saying that they had sworn not to reveal Deep Throat’s identity until he died. But then they changed their minds.

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