Former member of Nixon Administration reacts to Deep Throat unveiling

KVOA DT-23 (NBC affiliate in Tucson, Arizona)
June 1, 2005

PHOENIX — It was one of the best-kept secrets in Washington, D.C.,
until yesterday.

Valley resident and former Watergate figure Robert Mardian is mentioned
in the Vanity Fair article due out next week that revealed the identity
of “Deep Throat.”

Mardian says hearing that Mark Felt is “Deep Throat” comes as a shock.

As for President Richard Nixon’s reaction, Mardian says he’d be
astounded to learn that Felt was the chief leaker known as “Deep
Throat.”

Mardian says he doesn’t see Felt as a hero, but rather as a man who
betrayed his oath and his country.

Mardian was embroiled in the Watergate scandal as one of the Watergate
Seven who were indicted by a Grand Jury for campaign violations. He’d
been a close aide to Attorney General John Mitchell inside the
Justice Department.

Mardian was convicted at the main Watergate trial, but his conviction
was quashed.

(thanks to KTVK-TV)

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress