Mark Felt

Mark Felt was a senior FBI official who served as associate director and secretly supplied information about the Watergate scandal to journalists under the name Deep Throat.

Bob Woodward: Bob Woodward is an American journalist who reported on the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post. Woodward was Felt’s principal contact and kept his identity secret for decades.
Deep Throat: Deep Throat was the pseudonym for the confidential source who supplied Woodward with information about Watergate. This was the identity Felt used while secretly briefing Woodward.
Federal Bureau of Investigation: The Federal Bureau of Investigation is a United States federal law-enforcement and domestic intelligence agency. Felt spent decades in the agency and held its second-highest post during Watergate.
United States v. Nixon: United States v. Nixon was the 1974 Supreme Court case that ordered President Nixon to release subpoenaed Watergate-related recordings. The ruling forced disclosure of evidence that further undermined Nixon’s position, alongside investigative reporting Felt had aided.
Carl Bernstein: Carl Bernstein is an American journalist known for reporting on Watergate for The Washington Post with Bob Woodward. Bernstein’s reporting with Woodward helped expose the scandal Felt secretly informed them about.
Watergate scandal: The Watergate scandal was a political crisis arising from a 1972 break-in and its cover-up by members of the Nixon administration. Felt’s disclosures helped reporters investigate the break-in and the administration’s efforts to conceal it.
FBI under J. Edgar Hoover: The FBI under J. Edgar Hoover was a powerful federal investigative agency led by Hoover from 1935 to 1972. Felt’s career and institutional loyalties formed within Hoover’s highly centralized FBI.
Nixon’s resignation: Nixon’s resignation was the first resignation of a U.S. president, taking effect on August 9, 1974. It followed the Watergate crisis that Felt’s leaks helped bring into public view.
Ben Bradlee: Ben Bradlee was an American journalist and executive editor of The Washington Post from 1968 to 1991. Bradlee backed Woodward and Bernstein’s Watergate reporting while protecting their confidential source.
Source protection: Source protection is the practice of safeguarding the identity of confidential sources who provide information to journalists. Woodward and Bradlee protected Felt’s identity until he disclosed it himself.

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