Deep Throat did serve the public interest by providing the guidance and information to us.
Because of Watergate in part, I am kind of a magnet for calls and information and suggestions.
Deep Throat's information, and in my view, courage, allowed the newspaper to use what he knew and suspected.
I recently read some of the transcripts of Nixon's Watergate tapes, and they spent hours trying to figure out who was leaking and providing information to Carl and myself.
Ultimately I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyrotechnics associated with us, but, is it good news quality information that defines who somebody is?
I am protecting not a person but a relationship in the information I get for my newspaper and books,