William Mark Felt Sr. was an American law enforcement officer who worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1942 to 1973 and was the informant known as "Deep Throat" in the Watergate scandal
Felt, c. 1972
J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI, photographed in 1961. Hoover appointed Felt the third-ranking official in the bureau in 1971.
Felt saw all files on the FBI's investigation of the burglary at the Watergate complex in 1972
President Ronald Reagan pardoned Felt and Miller.
Deep Throat was the pseudonym given to Mark Felt, the secret informant who provided key details about the involvement of U.S. president Richard Nixon's administration in what came to be known as the W
Mark Felt
…2008) was an American law enforcement officer who worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 1942 to 1973 and was the informant known as "Deep Throat" in the Watergate scandal. After working in several FBI field offices and ascending through the ranks, Felt became the bureau's deputy director following…
Historical marker in front of the parking garage in Rosslyn, Virginia, where Woodward and Felt met during the Washington Post's Watergate scandal investigation