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Clearing Up the 'Deep Throat' Mystery After 30 years of speculation, the identity of the confidential informant "Deep Throat" was revealed: former FBI official Mark Felt was the man who helped bring down Richard Nixon. Felt, whose story became the source of a new flurry of media attention in 2005, has died.
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Clearing Up the 'Deep Throat' Mystery

The revelation that ex FBI man Mark Felt was "Deep Throat" sets off a fresh media frenzy.

W. Mark Felt, Watergate's 'Deep Throat,' Dies At 95

W. Mark Felt, the FBI associate director who leaked key information to the press during the Watergate scandal, has died. He revealed himself as "Deep Throat" in 2005, after more than 30 years of secrecy. Jim Mann, whose 1992 article pointed to Felt as the probable source, says Felt was an ordinary guy who had dedicated his life to the FBI.

W. Mark Felt, Watergate's 'Deep Throat,' Dies At 95

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Veteran Watergate Reporters Looking for Respect

The revelation this week of the identity of Deep Throat, Bob Woodward's celebrated anonymous source on the Watergate scandal, has stirred up the memories of many journalists. These competing reporters, beaten badly at the outset of Watergate, say that the accolades raining down on the Washington Post obscure scoops of their own.

Veteran Watergate Reporters Looking for Respect

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Woodward Recounts Relationship with Watergate Source

In a front-page story, the Washington Post's Bob Woodward recounts the details of how he met Mark Felt. We look at how the relationship between these two men developed, and how it helped Woodward and Carl Bernstein to unravel the Watergate story.

Woodward Recounts Relationship with Watergate Source

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Second-Guessing the Identity of Deep Throat

The Watergate source Deep Throat has been unmasked after three decades, and a lot of educated guesses about his identity have been proven wrong. In one high-profile guess, a University of Illinois journalism project concluded President Nixon's deputy counsel Fred Fielding was the source that leaked information about the burglary and cover-up that eventually forced Nixon to resign. Now those former students are dealing with the revelation that the real Deep Throat was FBI official W. Mark Felt.

Second-Guessing the Identity of Deep Throat

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Juan Williams on Politics: Deep Throat's Identity

Ed Gordon speaks with NPR political analyst Juan Williams, a former Washington Post reporter, about the revelations Tuesday regarding the infamous "Deep Throat" news source that broke open the Watergate investigation and led to the resignation of President Nixon.

Juan Williams on Politics: Deep Throat's Identity

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Nixon Officials React to 'Deep Throat' News

Melissa Block talks with some of the players from the Watergate drama about yesterday's revelation that W. Mark Felt was the source known as "Deep Throat." William B. Ruckelshaus, Jeb Stuart Magruder and Charles W. Colson all served in the Nixon administration. Magruder and Colson both spent time in jail on charges relating to Watergate.

Nixon Officials React to 'Deep Throat' News

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Post Editor Bradlee Discusses 'Deep Throat' Revelation

Michele Norris talks to Ben Bradlee of the Washington Post. As editor during Watergate, Bradlee was responsible for overseeing the paper's coverage of the scandal and deciding whether to trust his reporter's sources, including "Deep Throat."

Post Editor Bradlee Discusses 'Deep Throat' Revelation

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'Deep Throat,' the Nixon White House and the FBI

Alex Chadwick talks with veteran FBI reporter Ronald Kessler about tensions between the White House and the FBI at the time of the Watergate break-in. Kessler says those tensions may have led former top-level FBI agent Mark Felt to become "Deep Throat," the source who helped Washington Post reporters uncover details of the break-in at the Watergate complex and subsequent cover-up by the Nixon administration.

'Deep Throat,' the Nixon White House and the FBI

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'Washington Post' Confirms Deep Throat's Identity

Thirty-three years after a break-in at the Watergate hotel, one more mystery is solved. The Washington Post has confirmed that former FBI official W. Mark Felt was Deep Throat, a confidential source who guided the newspaper's coverage of the scandal that led to President Richard Nixon's resignation. The Post's David Von Drehle interviewed Bob Woodward, who held secret meetings with Felt, and discusses the unmasking of Deep Throat.

'Washington Post' Confirms Deep Throat's Identity

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News Analysis

'Deep Throat' Comes Forward

Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr comments on the news that former FBI official Mark Felt is the person known as "Deep Throat." Felt cooperated with an article in Vanity Fair magazine that names him as the famous, but previously anonymous, Watergate source. Schorr noted in 2001 that President Nixon's advisers suspected Felt.

'Deep Throat' Comes Forward

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'Deep Throat' Revealed as Ex-FBI Official Felt

A Vanity Fair article names W. Mark Felt as the anonymous source "Deep Throat," who helped Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein unravel the Watergate scandal in 1974.

'Deep Throat' Revealed as Ex-FBI Official Felt

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