John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an American law enforcement administrator who served as the final Director of the Bureau of Investigation...
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The J. Edgar Hoover Building is a low-rise office building located at 935 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., in the United States. It is the...
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J. Edgar is a 2011 American biographical drama film based on the career of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, directed, produced and scored by Clint Eastwood...
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of J. Edgar Hoover is a 1977 American biographical drama film written, produced, and directed by Larry Cohen. It stars Broderick Crawford as Hoover, alongside...
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J. Edgar Hoover is a 1987 American biographical drama television film written and directed by Robert L. Collins. It stars Treat Williams as the eponymous...
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Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 1935. The FBI headquarters is the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C. The FBI has a List of the Top 10 criminals...
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Federal Bureau of Investigation director J. Edgar Hoover, and was the primary contributor to the J. Edgar Hoover Foundation. In 1936, Rosenstiel purchased...
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Clyde Tolson (section Relationship with Hoover)
discipline. He was the protégé and long-time top deputy of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. Tolson was born in Laredo, Missouri to James William Tolson, a farmer...
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G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century is a biography of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover by historian Beverly Gage, first published...
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attention of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director J. Edgar Hoover. With support from Hoover and Cardinal Spellman, Hearst columnist George Sokolsky...
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director, J. Edgar Hoover with his longtime aide, Clyde Tolson. In his book, Official and Confidential: The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover, biographer...
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McCarthyism (section J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI)
modern day, outdated. Ellen Schrecker has suggested that Hooverism, after FBI Head J. Edgar Hoover, is more appropriate. What became known as the McCarthy...
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Mark Felt (section After Hoover's death)
2017. Gentry, J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets, p. 43 Gentry, J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets, p. 49 Gentry, J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and...
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Helen Gandy (category J. Edgar Hoover)
director J. Edgar Hoover, who called her "indispensable". Serving in that role for 54 years she exercised great behind-the-scenes influence on Hoover and the...
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thriller Inception. In 2011, he portrayed J. Edgar Hoover, the first director of the FBI, in the biopic J. Edgar. The following year, he played a supporting...
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written by FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover: he was scheduled to read it for the film, but died before it started production. Hoover's text is read at the film's...
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John Connolly (FBI) (redirect from John J. Connolly)
W. McCormack wrote a personal note to J. Edgar Hoover on behalf of a constituent. The letter began, "Dear Edgar, It has come to my attention that the...
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music and chamber music composer. Hoover (surname) Herbert Hoover, 31st president of the United States J. Edgar Hoover (1895–1972), first director of the...
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president and, since 1972, subject to confirmation by the Senate. J. Edgar Hoover, appointed by President Calvin Coolidge to the predecessor office of...
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(1992). J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-393-32128-9. Gentry, Curt (1992). J. Edgar Hoover: The...
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Director J. Edgar Hoover and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Gallagher was approached by attorney Roy Cohn, who asked him on behalf of Hoover to hold...
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intimidation, and withholding of exculpatory evidence. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover issued directives governing COINTELPRO, ordering FBI agents to "expose...
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General Robert F. Kennedy, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, CIA director John A. McCone, and Secret Service Chief James J. Rowley each individually reached the...
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with aides from the Justice Department. J. Edgar Hoover called and told him his brother had been shot. Hoover then hung up before he could ask any questions...
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Newsweek article from 2008 credits Edward Allen Tamm, once a top aide to J. Edgar Hoover who regularly briefed President Franklin Roosevelt on domestic intelligence...
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in the musical Hairspray (2004). He took on dual roles portraying J. Edgar Hoover and Robert Byrd in the political epic play All the Way (2014). He has...
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fight the Zagurons. Hoover 1.0, Hoover 2.0, and Hoover 3.0 (portrayed by Giacomo Baesatto) are the robot clones of J. Edgar Hoover (also portrayed by Baesatto)...
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relationship between the two giants of American intelligence—Director J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI and Director William Donovan of World War II's Office of...
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Index List was originally made of paper index cards, first compiled by J. Edgar Hoover at the Bureau of Investigations before he was appointed director of...
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mini-series depicting the political struggles between FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover and President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy...
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