Deep Throat, and His Motive
The journalists who first covered the Watergate scandal had their primary source remain anonymous for many years. This makes two news principles contradict each other; they should protect the witness, but they should also make their priority to reveal information. Many people respect their commitment to let the source remain anonymous, but some theories suggest that the decision to keep "Deep Throat" anonymous is just a cover to protect the FBI.

I personally feel that revealing all relevant information about a news story is more important than protecting a source. I think that there are times when a source needs to remain anonymous, but I did not agree with this one. The job of a journalist is to seek the truth and report it. Not naming the politician that gave them the essential information is only adding to political corruption. If the FBI really was against the President, the unnamed source just keeps blame away from them.