The Washington Post today confirmed that W. Mark Felt, a former number-two official at the FBI, was “Deep Throat,” the secretive source who provided information that helped unravel the Watergate scandal in the early 1970s and contributed to the resignation of president Richard M. Nixon, according to this story posted online this afternoon.

In-ter-est-ing!!!

Since Vanity Fair, which broke the story, is not free online, some publications, incliuding he New York Times, posted the full story as a pdf file.

More stories from the Washington Post in a special section here. The Post even has a blog about it.

W. Mark Felt, who retired from the FBI after rising to its second most senior position, has identified himself as the “Deep Throat” source quoted by The Washington Post to break the Watergate scandal that led to President Nixon’s resignation, Vanity Fair magazine reported Tuesday in its July issue.

Who will be the deep throat source who rats on President George W. Bush in his second term scandal?