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Watergate Burglar Howard Hunt Was William Buckley’s Deep Throat

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One of the masterminds of the Watergate break-in, Hunt confided in his friend, the conservative icon, leaving Buckley the journalist uncomfortably compromised.

Alvin S. Felzenberg
Alvin S. Felzenberg
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Alvin S. Felzenberg

Alvin S. Felzenberg

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