Gossip Roundup: All Throat
•Names & Faces: RumsfeldonDeep Throat: "I think any time any wrongdoing occurs, I think it's important that wrongdoing be reported. Now who one reports that to -- the authorities is one thing, or somebody else is another... I'm not in any judgmental mood.". . . Ritz-Carlton markets aDeep Throatdrink, made of creme de cacao, vodka, cream, and a Hershey kiss. [ WP ]
•Inside the Beltway: Uniformed police officer assigned to Watergate area on night of the break-in deferred call to investigate because he was drinking on duty; plain-clothed backups arrived and "were able to enter the complex undetected by the lookouts for the burglars". . .Busheshad private dinner withPowellson Tuesday. [ WT ]
•Rush & Molloy: Ephronand sonJacob BernsteinknewFeltwasDeep Throat, but "no one really listened to any of us.". . .Hotlineaccuses Fox News of "downplaying"Feltnews. . .Boxerreplies toCheney's suggestion thatLauracould beatHillary: "Just to pick out another woman is really a misunderstanding of how competentSen. Clintonis." [ NYDN ]
•Lloyd Grove's Lowdown: BegalaonDeep Throat: "The press has been a little narcissistic, if I might say so. They like nothing better than to report on themselves.". . .Matalin: "I don't know what the talking points are yet... My personal opinion is that he's a traitor." [ NYDN ]
•Cindy Adams: Columnist claims February scoop aboutFelt. [ NYP ]