Secret Informant (The Story of Watergate's "Deep Throat")

Author: (American) Woodward, translated by Wei Hongxia, Liu Deshou
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Publishing Date: 2006-01-01
Features: On July 16, 1972, after the Watergate scandal in the United States, a secret informant known as "Deep Throat" provided confidential information to journalist Woodward, helping him persistently track and report the story, ultimately leading to President Nixon's forced resignation. Who was this mysterious "Deep Throat"? After hiding for 33 years, on May 31 of this year, "Deep Throat"—the 91-year-old former FBI Deputy Director Mark Felt—publicly admitted to the media: "I am Deep Throat." This book begins with Woodward's accidental meeting with Felt in 1971 and details their secret meetings in an underground parking garage after the Watergate scandal. It vividly portrays the struggle between the Nixon administration, which tried to cover up the Watergate scandal, and the courageous media and secret informant who exposed the crimes. This book tells a shocking story of the world, a vivid and thought-provoking tale.