Stratfor, a geo political think tank, has an interesting take on Felt and Watergate. Felt was linked to J. Edgar Hoover at the hip. Hoover had been blackmailing presidents since FDR. He had planted tapes in the White House as early as 1937 and knew what was going on in there for years. Hoover black bagged everybody in Washington and knew everything about everybody. He had mastered the leak to the press that was more than willing to print Hoover's stuff in order to maintain their sources. Felt at the very least had been a partner, if not a participant, in almost all Hoover's operations. Felt was #2 at the FBI when Hoover left. When he was passed over he knew the jig was up. The new guy would have loyalty to the president and not to the FBI so all the wire taps etc., would be compromised. Hoover had been blackmailing Nixon too. Felt knew he would be up on serious charges should all the info on illegal wire taps and black bag jobs came out. He therefore used Hoover's tried and true leaking methods to nail the White House. Never say anything directly, always lead people to where you want them to go, tell them what they want to hear, suggest places to go to find clues, and so on. Good take. For the long version go HERE. Cutting to the chase: Nixon was a crook, Felt was so involved in the Hoover criminal pattern that he destroyed the Nixon White House out of revenge.