There’s no indication that the prominent Washington telecom law f...
There’s no indication that the prominent Washington telecom law firm will change its name to Wiley Rein and Deep Throat. However, according to published reports, Fred Fielding, named partner in the firm, was determined by a U. of Ill.…
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journalism study to be the legendary unnamed source in the Watergate scandal. Journalism professor Bill Gaines and a class of investigative reporters conducted a 4-year study into the identity of the unidentified source that helped Washington Post journalists uncover the Watergate scandal. Fielding didn’t comment on the report and Post reporter Bob Woodward has said he won’t reveal the name until the source has died. Fielding was a deputy White House counsel in the Nixon administration. Gaines was reported as saying that Fielding, as an assistant to Nixon’s chief counsel John Dean, was in a position to observe the cover-up without participating in it directly. Gaines said the study is based on investigation and documents, not guesswork. Published reports quote Gaines as saying: “There’s very little that we do not connect with him.”