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Deep Throat Revealed — finally!!

Nick Jones, a friend of Christy’s whom I had known for three years, listened as I related a story about my father, an attorney who had begun his career in Rio during World War II by serving as an undercover F.B.I. agent. When talk turned to the allure and intrigue of Rio in the 40s, Nick mentioned that his grandfather, also a lawyer, had joined the bureau around that time and had gone on to become a career agent. “What’s his name?,” I asked.

“You may have heard of him,” he said. “He was a pretty senior guy in the F.B.I. — Mark Felt.