In a 2005 interview with
Tom Brokaw, she stated that even though
then husband
Carl Bernstein didn't make her privy to the
identity of Watergate informant "Deep Throat," she figured it out from
clues (including Bernstein's notes referencing the initials "M. F." --
allegedly for "my friend") and was willing to tell her guess to anyone
who asked. Her guess was proved correct when on May 31, 2005,
Mark Felt, former assistant director of the FBI during the
Richard Nixon administration, was identified as Deep Throat.
