https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2008/12/23/all-of-hoovers-men/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 06:44:24 -0400<![CDATA[Stratfor has a long essay about how Woodward and Bernstein &#8212; and Deep Throat, now identified as then FBI Deputy Director Mark Felt &#8212; may have brought down not just Richard Nixon, but, over the longer term, journalism itself. Stratfor maintains that Felt, part of the closed J. Edgar Hoover FBI network, saw himself as heir apparent to J Edgar. However Richard Nixon regarded Hoover&#8217;s recent death as an opportunity to purge the Bureau of Hoover&#8217;s nefarious influence once and for all, something both Kennedy and Johnson had tried to do, but without success. Nixon therefore nominated an outsider, L. Patrick Gray, as part of the purge process. But while Hoover himself was dead, his old boy network lived on. And it would defend itself through Watergate.]]>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:23:32 -0500<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2008/12/23/all-of-hoovers-men-n186851