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- Former FBI deputy director William Mark Felt, Sr., age 91, broke his 30-year silence and confirmed in June 2005 that he was “Deep Throat,” the anonymous government source who had leaked crucial information to Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, which helped take down President Richard M. Nixon during the Watergate scandal.
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J. Anthony Lukas speculated that Deep Throat was W. Mark Felt in his book Nightmare: The Underside of the Nixon Years (1976), based on three New York Times Sunday Magazine articles, but he was widely criticized.
Though Felt's identity as Deep Throat was suspected, including by Nixon himself, [3] it had generally remained a secret for 30 years. Felt finally acknowledged that he was Deep Throat after being persuaded by his daughter to reveal his identity before his death.
Aug 13, 2024 · Biography of Mark Felt, associate director of the FBI in the 1970s who was ‘Deep Throat,’ the anonymous informant central to the Watergate scandal.
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On May 31, 2005, W. Mark Felt’s family ends 30 years of speculation, identifying Felt, the former FBI assistant director, as “ Deep Throat,” the secret source who helped unravel the...
Oct 17, 2006 · After years of Deep Throat’s identity remaining a Washington mystery, Mark Felt finally comes out as the Watergate informant in a Vanity Fair exclusive.
May 10, 2018 · Former FBI deputy director William Mark Felt broke his 30-year silence and confirmed in 2005 that he was “Deep Throat,” the anonymous government source who helped take down President Nixon...
Apr 2, 2014 · Mark Felt was an Associate Director at the FBI who became a secret informant and broke the Watergate story to reporters while disguised as "Deep Throat."
