Deep-throat was actually Associate Director of the FBI, Mark Felt. He confessed he was deep-throat in 2005.
WATERGATE TIMELINE
In November 1968, Richard Nixon beats Hubert Humphrey in the presidential election for the Republican Party.
On July of 1970, Nixon approves a plan for increased intelligence gathering by the FBI, CIA and other agencies.
September of 1971: The White House "plumbers" unit (named for their ability to plug leaks in the administration) rob a psychiatrists office for files on Daniel Ellsberg, who released Pentagon Files earlier that year.
June 17, 1972: Five men are arrested for trying to rob the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Hotel and Complex.
September 29, 1972: John Mitchell, while working as Attorney General, controlled finances for Republican intelligence gathering operations against the Democrats.
October 10, 1972: FBI agents confirm that the Watergate Break-In comes from a massive campaign of spying, sabotage, and more conducted on behalf of President Nixon's reelection campaign.
November 11, 1972: Nixon is reelected in one of the biggest landslides in American history, with over 60% of the total votes.
January 30, 1973: Former Nixon aides G. Gordon Liddy and James McCord Jr. are convicted of conspiracy, burglary and wiretapping in the Watergate scandal. 5 others plead guilty.
May 18, 1973: Senate Watergate committee begins its nationally televised hearings.
June 3, 1973: John Dean tells Watergate investigators that he discussed the Watergate cover-up with President Nixon over 35 times.
July 13, 1973: Alexander Butterfield (former presidential appointments secretary), reveals in testimony that since 1971 Nixon recorded all conversations and telephone calls in his offices.
July 18, 1973: Nixon orders the White House taping system disconnected.
July 23, 1973: Nixon refuses to turn over the presidential tape recordings to the Senate Watergate committee or special prosecuter
November 17, 1973: Nixon states "I'm not a crook." maintaining his innocence in the Watergate case.
April 30, 1974: The White House releases over 1,2000 pages of edited transcripts of the Nixon tapes to the House Judiciary Committee. They insist the tapes themselves must be turned over.
July 27, 1974: The House Judiciary Committee passes the first of three articles of impeachment, charging obstruction of justice.
August 8, 1974: Richard Nixon becomes the first U.S president to resign. Vice President Gerald R. Ford assumes role as president. He later pardons Nixon of all charges related to Watergate.
May 18, 1973: Senate Watergate committee begins its nationally televised hearings.
June 3, 1973: John Dean tells Watergate investigators that he discussed the Watergate cover-up with President Nixon over 35 times.
July 13, 1973: Alexander Butterfield (former presidential appointments secretary), reveals in testimony that since 1971 Nixon recorded all conversations and telephone calls in his offices.
July 18, 1973: Nixon orders the White House taping system disconnected.
July 23, 1973: Nixon refuses to turn over the presidential tape recordings to the Senate Watergate committee or special prosecuter
November 17, 1973: Nixon states "I'm not a crook." maintaining his innocence in the Watergate case.
April 30, 1974: The White House releases over 1,2000 pages of edited transcripts of the Nixon tapes to the House Judiciary Committee. They insist the tapes themselves must be turned over.
July 27, 1974: The House Judiciary Committee passes the first of three articles of impeachment, charging obstruction of justice.
August 8, 1974: Richard Nixon becomes the first U.S president to resign. Vice President Gerald R. Ford assumes role as president. He later pardons Nixon of all charges related to Watergate.
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