Deep Throat Revealed?

Update: Woodward, Bernstein, and Ben Bradlee have confirmed that Mark Felt is Deep Throat. He was such a leading contender among the educated guessers, it's almost anti-climactic.
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I usually don't post about politics, but this story is huge. Former FBI official Mark Felt has apparently told Vanity Fair that he was Deep Throat. The weird thing is that Carl Bernstein released a statement neither confirming nor denying the report, but sticking to the old line about promising not to reveal the source until he died. Is it just me or does that make it sound like Felt isn't Deep Throat after all? I always heard Woodward say that the promise was not to reveal it until the source died or he relieved them of the promise of confidentiality. If Felt is telling Vanity Fair he is Deep Throat, then why wouldn't Woodward and Bernstein confirm it? Some might say that if he's lying about it, why wouldn't Woodward and Bernstein loudly deny his claim, but I think the two of them have tried not to publicly deny any individual as having been the source for fear that they would reveal the actual source by eliminating too many people. Hmmmmmm. Until Woodward and Bernstein say on the record that Felt is Deep Throat, I'm not buying it.