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 ...
An examination, half a century on from the first director of the FBI's death in office in 1972, of how Hoover's iron grip still permeates contemporary America.
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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 ...
“Kash Patel as FBI director would be like if you crossed Alex Jones with J. Edgar Hoover in terms of just how much he would want to ignore precedent and the constraints that have been put on the FBI ...
Trump's pick to lead the FBI may test internal guardrails, historian and J. Edgar Hoover biographer Beverly Gage tells ...
When Charles Lindbergh’s 20-month-old son was kidnapped in 1932 and his corpse was found two months later, it was considered the crime of the century. It took nearly three years before the boy ...
In August 2017, Trump’s nominee for director of the FBI, Christopher Wray, was confirmed by the Senate on a 92-5 vote. During ...
MSNBC opinion writer Hayes Brown said Sunday that President-elect Trump’s pick for the head of the FBI, Kash Patel, “would be ...
Following Kash Patel's nomination by Donald Trump as the next FBI Director, past remarks resurfaced. Patel had previously ...
Kash Patel has been well-known for years within Donald Trump’s orbit as a loyal supporter who shares the president-elect’s ...