In 1972, FBI outsider L. Patrick Gray becomes Acting Director following the death of J. Edgar Hoover. Associate Director Mark Felt, a dedicated and loyal employee, feels overlooked for the job and is frustrated by the FBI's slow investigation into the Watergate break-in, which he believes is being hampered by unofficial orders from the White House. To regain the FBI's independence, Felt decides to go rogue and leak information to the media, becoming the infamous source known as Deep Throat.
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Mark Felt, aka "Deep Throat", assisted journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in exposing the Watergate scandal in 1972.
