The former assistant of J. Edgar Hoover has written a book about the FBI’s first director. “The Director: My Years Assisting J. Edgar Hoover” was written by Paul Letersky, who later became a field ...

Brian Driscoll drew acclaim—and inspired memes—after making a principled stand, and has (so far) withstood any MAGA purge.

To the editor: J. Edgar Hoover is smiling down on the building ... Barbara Rosen, Fullerton To the editor: Confirming Patel ...

On May 1, after FBI agents found Karpis in New Orleans, the director flew down from Washington ... Arnaz had a cordial relationship with J. Edgar Hoover, but the project would test it.

J. Edgar Hoover, Director of FBI in his office, April 1940. Courtesy: Library of Congress J. Edgar Hoover lived in Washington, D.C. all his life. In 1895 he was born in a white, Protestant ...

Plans to build a new FBI headquarters have been in limbo under President ... “He really is the father of modern law enforcement,” said John F. McCaffrey, director of the J. Edgar Hoover Institute and ...

The FBI of the past Some observers have compared Patel to J. Edgar Hoover, the domineering FBI director between 1924 and 1972 who was renowned for FBI abuses. In 1956, Hoover created COINTELPRO ...

J. Edgar Hoover is mostly remembered as the dominant force of the FBI. But he really got his start in 1919. He was 24 when he got a job at the Justice Department and was handed the position of ...

In the wake of its success, Hoover sought to double the FBI's budget, but he ran into opposition from a hostile senator and was forced to admit that he'd never made an arrest. The J Edgar Hoover ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement that he plans to nominate a fervent ally to lead the FBI was unusual for ... after the Watergate scandal. J. Edgar Hoover had led the bureau for ...

Emily Maitlis explores the life and legacy of J Edgar Hoover ... American criminologist John Edgar Hoover (1895 - 1972), the Director of the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) for 48 years.