h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

This seems to be a pretty fair overview of the entire "Deep Throat" story:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Throat_(Watergate)

The section I find most interesting is "Motives". While Nixon's "CREEP's" (Committee to Re-Elect the President) really had it coming, I suspect DT's motives were not entirely noble. I vaguely recall (and maybe its in the above somewhere) that Nixon wanted to use the CIA to sink the investigation. In my experience in large organizations, that would make the blood boil in an executive of a "competing" organization like the FBI. The model for many CEO's (and CEO wannabees) is Darth Vader ...