W. Mark Felt , known as `` Deep Throat , '' has died , sources tell CNN . Felt leaked information to Washington Post reporters about 1972 Watergate break-in . Watergate scandal eventually led to President Richard Nixon 's resignation . Felt 's entanglement with history occurred in 1972 after the bungled break-in at the Democratic National Party offices in the Watergate hotel . Felt : ` I did not leak the name of a covert CIA agent because he was an American citizen and had never been in any way involved with the Central Intelligence Agency or its activities.'
W. Mark Felt , known as `` Deep Throat , '' has died , sources tell CNN . Felt leaked information to Washington Post reporters about 1972 Watergate break-in . Watergate scandal eventually led to President Richard Nixon 's resignation . Felt : ` I did not leak the name of a covert CIA agent because he was an American citizen and had never been in any way involved with the Central Intelligence Agency or its activities.'