The question was first raised on Twitter by John Dean, of Watergate fame, who knows a thing or two about White House intrigue.

Dean, the Nixon White House counsel whose testimony blew open the Watergate scandal, posted his thoughts Wednesday on the possible identity of “Anonymous” after reading an October article by George Conway in The Atlantic titled “Unfit for Office.”

The article, in George Conway’s take-no-prisoners style, raised such points as: “No president in recent memory — and likely no president ever — has prompted more discussion about his mental stability and connection with reality.”

Dean clearly thought he saw some similarities in tone if not style to “A Warning,” the grim book by “Anonymous.” He speculated, in fact, that both Conways might well have collaborated on the book.