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Encyclopedia - W. Mark Felt: Encyclopedia - W. Mark Felt
William Mark Felt Sr. (born August 17, 1913) is a former agent and top official of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W. Mark Felt: Encyclopedia Ii - W. Mark Felt - Early Career
Felt was born in Twin Falls, Idaho[1], the son of carpenter and building contractor Mark Earl Felt and his wife, the former Rose Dygert.[...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W. Mark Felt: Encyclopedia Ii - W. Mark Felt - Watergate
As associate director, Felt saw everything compiled on Watergate before it went to Gray. The agent in charge, Charles Nuzum, sent his fin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W. Mark Felt: Encyclopedia Ii - W. Mark Felt - Deep Throat Speculation
For a detailed overview of speculation prior to May 31, 2005, see Deep Throat (Watergate). The identity of Deep Throat was debated for ov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W. Mark Felt: Encyclopedia Ii - W. Mark Felt - Deep Throat Revealed
Vanity Fair magazine revealed Felt was Deep Throat on May 31, 2005 when it published an article (eventually appearing in the July issue o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W. Mark Felt: Encyclopedia Ii - W. Mark Felt - Pardoned By Reagan
Ronald Reagan, who pardoned Felt and Miller. In a phone call on January 30, 1981, Edwin Meese encouraged President Ronald Reagan to issue...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W. Mark Felt: Encyclopedia Ii - W. Mark Felt - Pardoned By Reagan
In a phone call on January 30, 1981, Edwin Meese encouraged President Ronald Reagan to issue a pardon, and after further encouragement fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W. Mark Felt: Encyclopedia Ii - W. Mark Felt - Early Fbi Years
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover liked to move Bureau agents around so they would have wide experience. Hoover, Felt observed, "wanted every ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W. Mark Felt: Encyclopedia Ii - W. Mark Felt - After Hoover's Death
Hoover died in his sleep and was found on the morning of May 2, 1972. Tolson was nominally in charge until the next day when Nixon appoin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W. Mark Felt: Encyclopedia Ii - W. Mark Felt - Tried For Illegal Break-ins
In the early 1970s, Felt oversaw a turbulent period in the FBI's history. The FBI was pursuing radicals in the Weather Underground who ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - W. Mark Felt: Encyclopedia Ii - W. Mark Felt - Later Years
Felt published his memoir The FBI Pyramid From the Inside in 1979. It was co-written with conservative writer Ralph de Toledano, though h...   » Read the article