Deep Throat

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human pseudonymous informant whistleblower

Deep Throat is the pseudonym of the secret informant who provided key information to Washington Post reporters about the Watergate scandal, helping to expose the Nixon administration’s involvement.

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → pseudonymous informant → whistleblower →
activeDuring	Nixon administration → early 1970s →
birthName	William Mark Felt →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
describedBy	Bob Woodward → Carl Bernstein →
describedIn	book "All the President’s Men" →
disclosedBy	Vanity Fair magazine →
employer	Federal Bureau of Investigation →
hasEthicalRole	government whistleblower →
hasInfluenced	U.S. political history → investigative journalism practices → public perception of whistleblowers →
identityPreviouslyKnownBy	Ben Bradlee → Bob Woodward → Carl Bernstein →
identityRevealedIn	2005 →
informed	Bob Woodward → Carl Bernstein → The Washington Post →
involvedIn	Watergate scandal →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	FBI leadership →
notableFor	being the secret informant in the Watergate scandal → helping expose the Nixon administration’s involvement in Watergate → providing information to The Washington Post reporters →
occupation	FBI agent →
opposed	abuses of power in the Nixon administration →
partOf	investigative journalism on Watergate →
portrayedBy	Hal Holbrook →
portrayedIn	film "All the President’s Men" →
positionHeld	Associate Director of the FBI →
pseudonymCoinedBy	Bob Woodward → Carl Bernstein →
pseudonymInspiredBy	1972 pornographic film "Deep Throat" →
realName	Mark Felt →
residence	Virginia → Washington, D.C. metropolitan area →
sexOrGender	male →
usedCommunicationMethod	coded signals → secret meetings in parking garages →
workLocation	Washington, D.C. →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mark Felt →	alias
All the President’s Men →	character
Watergate scandal →	involves
Deep Throat (film) →	title