The secret informant known as "Deep Throat" in the Watergate scandal was Mark Felt, who was the associate director of the FBI in the early 1970s. Felt provided critical information in 1972 to reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of The Washington Post, which helped expose the involvement of President Richard Nixon's administration in the Watergate break-in and subsequent cover-up
. Mark Felt revealed his identity as Deep Throat in 2005, 31 years after Nixon's resignation and 11 years after Nixon's death. He disclosed this through an attorney in an article published by Vanity Fair. Woodward, Bernstein, and the Washington Post editor Benjamin Bradlee confirmed Felt's role as Deep Throat after the revelation
. Felt's motivation was reportedly to protect the FBI by leaking information to the public to build pressure on Nixon and his administration to be held accountable. He had a dim view of the Nixon White House and sought to prevent political manipulation of the Bureau
. In summary, Deep Throat was Mark Felt, a high-ranking FBI official who secretly assisted journalists in uncovering the Watergate scandal
