terça-feira, maio 31, 2005

a confissão

Aos 91 anos, Mark Felt, ex-número 2 do FBI, confessa-se o "garganta funda" do caso Watergate. Algumas palavras do homem que ajudou os jornalistas do Washington Post (Bob Woodward e Carl Bernstein) nas investigações que puseram a nu os meandros da política norte-americana:

"I don't think (being Deep Throat) was anything to be proud of," Felt indicated to his son, Mark Jr., at one point, according to the article. "You (should) not leak information to anyone."

"I would have done better," Felt told The Hartford Courant. "I would have been more effective. Deep Throat didn't exactly bring the White House crashing down, did he?"

in washingtonpost.com

A propósito: documentos dos dois jornalistas podem ser vistos aqui.