The real story behind the Deep Throat 'revelation' is Woodward

[EVDebs]

and his own military intelligence background. Watergate would NEVER had happened if (CIA employee) Alexander Butterfield hadn't disclosed the existence of the taping system and that the military had wanted Nixon out of office with the SALT talks etc, and Adm. Moorer's spying on Nixon:

http://www.watergate.com/stories/obit.asp

[Last Lemming]

1. So no one is

thinking the same thing might be necessary now?

[LittleClarkie]

3. I dunno

I wouldn't want all the CIA Bush and Company flushed out for being "Kerry supporters" mad at me, would you?

Bush II: Revenge of the Spooks

[hector459]

2. It's even deeper than that. Besides being a racist, Nixon was a huge

anti-semite as his closest inner circle has admitted. SALT plus China plus is racism made him a target that could not be missed.

Bush will never be touched by anything like Nixon although deserving of much worse. Bush is in the political and corporate bed with the people who hold the power. He is virtually "untouchable" and he knows it.

[leftofthedial]

4. if he was a dem, they'd just arrange for another single gunman

and a magic bullet.

but repukes require a little more subterfuge.