Former FBI director W Mark Felt revealed himself in 2005 to be what codenamed whistleblower?
The FBI Pyramid The FBI Pyramid The FBI Pyramid: From the Inside is a 1979 non-fiction book by, W. Mark Felt. Mark Felt was the Associate Director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the effective second in command to J. Edgar Hoover and subsequently L. Patrick Gray III. The book chronicles the FBI bureaucracy during the 1960s and 1970s. The book gained interest in 2005, with the revelation that Felt was "Deep Throat", the Watergate scandal whistleblower who assisted "Washington Post" reporter Bob Woodward in his and Carl Bernstein's investigation. By 2005, Felt was in declining health and unable or
Mark Felt wanted to create the perception that Gray "could not control the FBI". This could result in Nixon's firing Gray, leaving Felt as the obvious choice to run the agency. Holland said this plan (if it was one) backfired as Nixon and his team found out that Felt was the leaker. Felt died at home, in his sleep, on December 18, 2008. He was 95 years old and his death was attributed to heart failure. Mark Felt William Mark Felt Sr. (August 17, 1913 – December 18, 2008) was a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agent and Associate Director, the