BEIJING, June 2 -- Washington has been reeling since the Washington Post said former FBI deputy director Mark Felt was the confidential source known as "Deep Throat." It was information he provided the newspaper with that ultimately brought down President Richard Nixon.

    For decades, it was one of Washington's best kept secrets, unknown even to his family. And now, at age 91, former FBI official W. Mark Felt has been unveiled his identity as the Washington Post's tipster.

    Chuck Colson worked closely with Felt in the Nixon administration, and served prison time in the Watergate scandal. He said Felt betrayed the trust placed in him by the country's leaders.

    Chuck Colson said: "A wrong is not corrected by another wrong. I think that for to handle this with integrity would have been to confront the people involved. If I have a very sensitive relationship with a person, I owe it to them to go to them first if I see them doing something totally inappropriate."

    But US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said he was not in a judgmental mood. He said: "I think that any time any wrongdoing occurs, I think it's important that wrongdoing be reported. I think that is appropriate."

    According to Vanity Fair, Felt's family learned of his role in Watergate in 2002. But the former FBI official resisted coming forward. At one point, Felt told his son his actions where nothing to be proud of. But Felt's family eventually convinced him his actions were heroic.

    (Source: CCTV.com)