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In the article, O'Connor reports that Felt's children, Joan and Mark Jr., urged him to go public after he revealed his secret to them in 2002.
Felt argued with them, O'Connor writes, saying he didn't want the story out there.
“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.”
But Joan is quoted as saying that "Bob Woodward's gonna get all the glory for this, but we could make at least enough money to pay some bills, like the debt I've run up for the kids' education. Let's do it for the family."
O'Connor adds that Felt finally agreed, saying "that's a good reason" even though Mark Jr. recalls him as saying "he wasn't particularly interested" in disclosing the secret.
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Once more than 1 person knows a secret, it's no longer a secret.
I would trust that Woodward and Berstein to maintain thier journalistic integrity and not reveal a source. They wouldn't have a lot to gain from it. I'm having a hard time believing that the supposed Deep Throats children were aware of it, and managed to sit on it for some years... and now they are only leaking it for money?
Something just doesn't seem right there.