who was deep throat in watergate scandal

Deep Throat in the Watergate scandal was Mark Felt, who was the associate director and the second-highest-ranking official of the FBI during the early 1970s. He provided key information to Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein that played a crucial role in uncovering the Watergate scandal, which led to President Richard Nixon's resignation. Mark Felt's identity as Deep Throat remained a secret for about 30 years until he revealed it in a 2005 interview with Vanity Fair magazine at the age of 91. He passed away in 2008.