A G-Man's Life: The FBI, Being "Deep Throat," and the Struggle for Honor in Washington
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The first full portrait of one of the most enduringly mysterious public figures of our era, who played a pivotal role in our national life. Publishers Weekly This autobiography, assembled from Felt's 1979 memoir, The FBI Pyramid from the Inside, other unpublished writings and reminiscences by family and friends, has little to say about his role as Deep Throat. Felt barely alludes to his connection to reporter Bob Woodward (an addendum by O'Connor, Felt's lawyer, fleshes out the relationship), focusing instead on the performance of the FBI, where he was second-in-command during the Watergate probe. His leaks, he hints, were a strategy to keep the investigation from being derailed by White House stonewalling and interference from FBI director and Nixon loyalist L. Patrick Gray. Felt also recounts intriguing if undramatic anecdotes from his early FBI career, paints a hagiographic portrait of J. Edgar Hoover and defends his authorization of warrantless break-ins in the investigation of the Weather Underground. Throughout, his ostensible motive is always to safeguard the nation while preserving the FBI's integrity and professionalism (although one glimpses a subtle, ambitious careerist behind the square-jawed crime fighter). As history attests, Felt's is a valuable insider's perspective, but due to an aging memory, it's not always complete. (Apr.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
Introduction IXHoover's Acolyte 1The G-Man Culture 8Spy v. Counterspy 16On the FBI Roller Coaster 24Kansas City and the Mob 44Friction with the Kennedys 60Hoover's Enforcer 69The 1960s: Attack of the Radicals 84To Wiretap or Not to Wiretap 93Watching Martin Luther King, Jr. 106Purging an FBI Renegade 115White House Hardball 126A Prelude to Watergate 136"Hoover Is Dead" 145The Director's Legacy 160Nixon's FBI Man 172Three-Day Gray 185Watergate 193Twisting Slowly in the Wind 227Three-Hour Felt 239"You Are Lying" 254The Black Bag Jobs 261"Guilty" 269Epilogue John O'Connor 281Acknowledgments 303Index 305
