W. Mark Felt is a former agent and top official of the FBI. After 30 years of denials, Felt revealed himself in May 2005 to be the Watergate scandal informant called "Deep Throat." While Associate Director of the FBI During the early investigation of the Watergate scandal (1972–74), Felt provided Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward with critical leads on the story that eventually saw the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon in 1974. His identity as Woodward's informant was a secret for three decades and had been the source of much speculation in American political and popular culture.