William Mark Felt Sr. (born August 17, 1913) is a former agent and top official of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). After 30 years of denials, Felt revealed himself in May 2005 to be the Watergate scandal informant called "Deep Throat." Felt worked in several FBI field offices prior to his promotion to the Bureau's Washington headquarters. During the early investigation of the Watergate scandal (1972–74), Felt was the Bureau's Associate Director, the second-ranking post in the FBI. While Associate Dire ...

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• W. Mark Felt - Nixon told Felt was leaking information
• W. Mark Felt - Felt denies he was source
• W. Mark Felt - Nixon passes over Felt again
• W. Mark Felt - Tried for illegal break-ins
• W. Mark Felt - Pardoned by Reagan
• W. Mark Felt - Later years
• W. Mark Felt - Family
• W. Mark Felt - Deep Throat speculation
• W. Mark Felt - Deep Throat revealed
• W. Mark Felt - Notes

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As associate director, Felt saw everything compiled on Watergate before it went to Gray. The agent in charge, Charles Nuzum, sent his findings to Investigative Division head Robert Gebhardt, who then passed the information on to Felt. From the day of the break-in, June 17, 1972, until the FBI investigation was mostly completed in June 1973, Felt was the key control point for FBI information. He had been among the first to learn of the investigation, being informed at 7:00 on the morning of June 17.^{See also:}

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The mission of the FBI is to uphold the law through the investigation of violations of federal criminal law; to protect the United States from foreign intelligence and terrorist activities; to provide leadership and law enforcement assistance to federal, state, local, and international agencies; and to perform these responsibilities in a manner that is responsive to the needs of the public and is faithful to the United States Constitution. Information obtained through an FBI investigation is presented to the appropriate U.S. Attorney ...

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Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr. (born December 2, 1924) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Haig did his Freshman year (1943) at Notre Dame University, and then graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point, New York in the Class of 1947. Haig was Commissioned a Second Lieutenant of Infantry, and then served the normal tours over the following 13 years, graduated from the Naval War College in 1960, and then gradua ...

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August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 136 days remaining. August 17 - Events. 1427 - First band of gypsies visits Paris, according to an account of the citizen of Paris 1807 - Robert Fulton's first American steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world. 1850 - Argentine's War of Independence hero, Genera ...

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2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. It corresponded to the years 5765-5766 in the Hebrew Calendar, 1425-1426 in the Islamic Calendar, 1383-1384 in the Iranian calendar and 2758 a.U.c. 2005 was the World Year of Physics, the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese calendar, and the International Year of the Eucharist in Catholicism. 2005 - Events. 2005 - January. January 4 - Death of the Governor of Baghdad, Ali Al-Haidri, a ...

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William Hubbs Rehnquist (October 1, 1924 – September 3, 2005) was an American lawyer, jurist and political figure, who served as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1972 until 1986, and as the 16th Chief Justice of the United States from 1986 until his death in 2005. A stalwart proponent of federalism, his legacy includes the first modern limits on Congress's power unde ...

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• William Rehnquist - Family life
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The Watergate Scandal (1972–1974) (or just "Watergate") was an American political scandal and constitutional crisis that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. The scandal came in the political context of the ongoing Vietnam War, which had since Lyndon Johnson's presidency grown increasingly unpopular with the American public. The term "Watergate" refers to a series of events, spanning over two years, that began with the Nixon administration's abuse of power toward the goal of undermining political oppositi ...

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A whistleblower is an employee, former employee, or member of an organization who reports misconduct to people or entities that have the power to take corrective action. Generally the misconduct is a violation of law, rule, regulation and/or a direct threat to public interest -- fraud, health, safety violations, and corruption are just a few examples. For instance, Jeffrey Wigand is a well-known whistleblower in the United States for his role in the Big Tobacco scandal, revealing that executives of the companies knew that cigarettes w ...

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Mark is a common male given name, and a name for many terms and places. Mark - Name. The name originates partly from Latin: a Roman clan name (Marcius) and first name (Marcus) associated with the Roman god of war, Mars. It is usually said to mean "martial" or "great warrior". A similar form is Marcellus, or "little Mark", which gives names such as the French Marcel and the Italian Marcello. Symbolic meaning of the word can also be derived from ancient contexts. In the thirteenth century, the Venetian ...

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. Charles Wendell "Chuck" Colson (born October, 1931) was the chief counsel for President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973. His later life has been spent working with his nonprofit organization devoted to prison ministry called Prison Fellowship. Colson is also a public speaker and author. Colson is also the chairman of the Wilberforce Forum, a conservative Christian political and social think tank and action group active in the promotion of intelligent design in education and in biotechnology and bioethics ...

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Robert Upshur "Bob" Woodward (born March 26, 1943) is one of the best-known journalists in the United States, thanks largely to his work in helping uncover the Watergate scandal that led to President Richard Nixon's resignation, in a historical journalistic partnership with Carl Bernstein, while working as a reporter for The Washington Post. He has written twelve best-selling nonfiction books and shared in two Pulitzer Prizes. Bob Woodward - Career. Bob Woodward - Early Career. Including:

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The FBI originated from a force of Special Agents created on July 26, 1908, by Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte during the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. At first it was named the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and it did not become the FBI until 1935. Under J. Edgar Hoover, who became director of the Bureau on May 10, 1924, the agency spent much of its energy investigating political activists who were not accused of any crime (e.g., Albert Einstein as a socialist). The FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (bett ...

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal Bureau of Investigation - Mission, Federal Bureau of Investigation - Personnel, Federal Bureau of Investigation - Present mission of the FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation - History of the FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation - Crime Lab Scandal, Federal Bureau of Investigation - Bureau of Investigation BOI Directors 1908–35, Federal Bureau of Investigation - Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI Directors 1936–present, Federal Bureau of Investigation - Publications of the FBI

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As of June 2002, the FBI's official top priority is counterterrorism. The USA PATRIOT Act granted the FBI increased powers, especially in wiretapping and monitoring of internet activity. One of the most controversial provisions of the act is the so-called "sneak and peek" provision, granting the FBI powers to search a house while the residents are away, and not requiring them to notify the residents for several weeks afterwards. Under the PATRIOT Act's provisions the FBI also resumed inquiring into the library records of those it suspected o ...

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal Bureau of Investigation - Mission, Federal Bureau of Investigation - Personnel, Federal Bureau of Investigation - Present mission of the FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation - History of the FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation - Crime Lab Scandal, Federal Bureau of Investigation - Bureau of Investigation BOI Directors 1908–35, Federal Bureau of Investigation - Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI Directors 1936–present, Federal Bureau of Investigation - Publications of the FBI

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In the 1990s, it turned out that the fingerprint unit of the FBI's crime lab had repeatedly done shoddy work. In some cases, the technicians, given evidence that actually cleared a suspect, reported instead that it proved the suspect guilty. Many cases had to be reopened when this pattern of errors was discovered. It should be noted that the FBI Lab is considered to be among the premiere forensic laboratories in the world. Federal Bureau of Investigation - Bureau of Investigation BOI Directors 1908–35. ...

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal Bureau of Investigation - Mission, Federal Bureau of Investigation - Personnel, Federal Bureau of Investigation - Present mission of the FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation - History of the FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation - Crime Lab Scandal, Federal Bureau of Investigation - Bureau of Investigation BOI Directors 1908–35, Federal Bureau of Investigation - Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI Directors 1936–present, Federal Bureau of Investigation - Publications of the FBI

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According to the UI Fact Book, the Moscow campus is an astonishing 1,585 acres (6.4 km²) including 253 buildings with a replacement value of $812 million, 10 miles (16 km) of streets, 49 acres (198,000 m²) of parking lots, 1.22 miles (2 km) of bike paths, 22 computer labs, 150 acre (607,000 m²) golf course (18 holes), 80 acres (324,000 m²) of arboreta, and 860 acres (3.5 km²) of farms. ...

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Rehnquist was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and grew up in the suburb of Shorewood. He was the grandson of Swedish immigrants. His father, William Benjamin Rehnquist, was a paper salesman; his mother, Margery Peck Rehnquist, was a translator and homemaker. Rehnquist changed his middle name to Hubbs, his grandmother's maiden name, during his high school years. After graduating from Shorewood High School in 1942, Rehnquist attended Kenyon College for one quarter in the fall of 1942, before entering the U.S. Army Air Forces. Rehnquist se ...

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William Rehnquist, William Rehnquist - Early life, William Rehnquist - Justice Department and Supreme Court service, William Rehnquist - Poor health on the Supreme Court, William Rehnquist - Death, William Rehnquist - Succession as Chief Justice, William Rehnquist - Family life, William Rehnquist - Trivia, William Rehnquist - Books written by Rehnquist

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The first magazine bearing the name Vanity Fair appeared in New York, as a humorous weekly, from 1860 to 1863. A British weekly Vanity Fair magazine began publication in 1868 by Thomas Gibson Bowles. Subtitled "A Weekly Show of Political, Social, and Literary Wares", it offered its Victorian and Edwardian era readership articles on fashion, current events, reviews of the theatre, new books, reports on social events, and the latest scandals, together with s ...

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Vanity Fair magazine, Vanity Fair magazine - History, Vanity Fair magazine - Contemporary revival, Vanity Fair magazine - External link

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On 17 June 1972 at 2:30AM, five men were arrested by police on the sixth floor of the Watergate Hotel building in Washington, D.C., inside the offices of the Democratic National Committee. Police had arrived on the scene after being alerted by an observant security guard who had noticed that a door leading into the hotel had been taped open. The five men were unusual: they carried between them $2,300 in hundred-dollar bills with serial numbers in sequence, some lock-picks and door-jimmies, one walkie-talkie, a receiver capable of tuni ...

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Deep Throat Watergate, Deep Throat Watergate - Role in Watergate, Deep Throat Watergate - Secrecy was key, Deep Throat Watergate - Motives, Deep Throat Watergate - Hints to his identity, Deep Throat Watergate - Deep Throat revealed, Deep Throat Watergate - Composite character theory, Deep Throat Watergate - Other suspected candidates, Deep Throat Watergate - Fred Fielding, Deep Throat Watergate - Other credible candidates, Deep Throat Watergate - Famous but less credible candidates, Deep Throat Watergate - Popular culture references, Deep Throat Watergate - Literature

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In 1979, he became President, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and Director of United Technologies, Inc., a job he retained until 1981. In 1981, he was appointed as Ronald Reagan's Secretary of State. Robert White, ambassador in Salvador from 1980 to 81, has claimed that Alexander Haig pushed for his removal because he did not favor a military solution for the Salvadoran situation. Haig resigned in late 1982. It was said that Reagan asked for his resignation over his refusal to negotiate Nuclear Weapons with the USSR. It was also ...

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Alexander Haig, Alexander Haig - Studies, Alexander Haig - Military career until the Vietnam war, Alexander Haig - Henry Kissinger's chief of staff, Alexander Haig - Commander of SACEUR NATO Forces from 1974 to 1979, Alexander Haig - Reagan's Secretary of State from 1981 to 1982, Alexander Haig - I'm in control here, Alexander Haig - 1982 Falklands War, Alexander Haig - Unsuccessfull 1988 Republican nomination for President, Alexander Haig - Current activies, Alexander Haig - Endnotes

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