It wasn't so much that the FBI was "tipped" off about Watergate, but how far it went up the chain of command. When the group broke into the building and the offices of the Democratic headquarters they got caught by just a bit of making tape and a guard who found it. So, the FBI was involved right from the start. The question was who ordered the break in or were the men invloved loners. No one believed they were doing this on their own, but they needed to prove it went as high as Nixon. That is where "deep throat" comes in. Deep throat met with the reporters off and on passing info that would lead them to Nixon.
The reporters were Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein. The primary newspaper leading the reporting on the Watergate scandal was the Washington post. However crediting them with "uncovering" the scandal is incorrect. What they did was publicize Watergate, virtually all of the information they reported was known to the FBI, as evidenced by what was "leaked" to them by "Deep Throat" (FBI agent Mark Felt)
Legislation to curb executive power The conviction of President Nixon Obstruction of an FBI investigation Resignation of the president
Dianna. It was hot.
"Deep Throat" was the source of information for young Washington Post reporters, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, who turned the Watergate scandal national in 1972.It was not until nearly 33 years later (2005) that his identity was confirmed as Mark Felt, an associate director of the FBI (William Mark Felt, Sr. 1913-2008).
The instructions to G. Gordon Liddy on the break in of the Democratic offices at the Watergate by Nixon.
Watergate's Deep Throat was W. Mark Felt of the FBI.
FBI agent Mark Felt
The duration of Tipped Off is 1200.0 seconds.
Tip Off was created in 1991.
Tipped Off - 1920 was released on: USA: 27 November 1920
Tipped Off - 1923 was released on: USA: 14 August 1923
The reporters were Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein. The primary newspaper leading the reporting on the Watergate scandal was the Washington post. However crediting them with "uncovering" the scandal is incorrect. What they did was publicize Watergate, virtually all of the information they reported was known to the FBI, as evidenced by what was "leaked" to them by "Deep Throat" (FBI agent Mark Felt)
Legislation to curb executive power The conviction of President Nixon Obstruction of an FBI investigation Resignation of the president
Dianna. It was hot.
"Deep Throat" was the source of information for young Washington Post reporters, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, who turned the Watergate scandal national in 1972.It was not until nearly 33 years later (2005) that his identity was confirmed as Mark Felt, an associate director of the FBI (William Mark Felt, Sr. 1913-2008).
The instructions to G. Gordon Liddy on the break in of the Democratic offices at the Watergate by Nixon.
The cast of Tipped Off - 1920 includes: Jim Corey Hoot Gibson Gertrude Olmstead as Marion Jack Walters