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Today in History: Mark Felt identified as Watergate informant "Deep Throat"

5/31/2025

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On May 31, 2005, Vanity Fair published an article revealing that Mark Felt, former FBI associate director, was the secret informant known as "Deep Throat." Felt provided crucial information to Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein during the Watergate scandal, which ultimately led to President Nixon's resignation in 1974.

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On May 31, 2005, Vanity Fair published an article revealing that Mark Felt, former FBI associate director, was the secret informant known as "Deep Throat." Felt provided crucial information to Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein during the Watergate scandal, which ultimately led to President Nixon's resignation in 1974.