A community portal about J. Edgar Hoover with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: John Edgar Hoover was the founder of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation in its present form and its director from May 10, 1924...
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A community portal about J. Edgar Hoover with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: John Edgar Hoover was the founder of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation in its present form and its director from May 10, 1924, until his death in 1972. Hoover was appointed the first director of the FBI by President Calvin Coolidge. During his tenure, Hoover attained extraordinary power and unusual discretionary authority, while also feuding with many adversaries. It is because of Hoover that, since his tenure, FBI directors have been limited to ten-year terms.
I just finished reading a fascinating new book about the notorious British spies of the Cold War-era titled Treachery, by journalist and espionage writer Chapman Pincher. He emerged from retirement at the age of 95 to write this book, his first to be published in almost 20 years. It focuses on is his assertion, which he first advanced in his 1981 book T heir Trade Is Treachery, that Sir Roger Hollis, who worked in Britain's MI 5 for 27 years and ultimately rose to become its head from 1956... Read Full Story
The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Federal Bureau of Investigation U.S. Department of Justice 935 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20535-0001 1) FBI Research Department: Official Biography of J Edgar Hoover, from the FBI, Research Department site, was copied in full. 2) Wikipedia Below it are parts of the entry in Wikipedia... You would not know that they were writing on the same person... 3) Time Magazine: Article was copied in full. The FBI page should be... Read Full Story
The late, great Studs Terkel scared the beejeesus out of J. Edgar Hoover's FBI--and for another 18 years after Hoover's paranoid reign--just like a bunch of other writers, musicians and their fellow artists did. Just what the hell was the big, bad Bureau so scared of, anyway? From an item in the Los Angeles Times: Studs Terkel, the American storyteller, author, radio host, actor and activist, sought a job at the FBI, according to recently released documents. Terkel, who died last year... Read Full Story
Clyde Anderson Tolson (May 22, 1900 – April 14, 1975) was associate director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He was primarily responsible for personnel and disciplinary matters in the bureau, rather than crime-fighting. Tolson was born in Laredo, Missouri, and moved to Washington, D.C., in 1926. After failing his first attempt, he joined the FBI in 1927 and by 1930 had been promoted to assistant director (later associate director). J. Edgar Hoover described Tolson as his alter ego... Read Full Story
Marilyn Monroe may be dead, but she clearly still has "it".
A New York business man has purchased a 15-minute sex tape that features Monroe giving an unidentified man oral sex.
The new owner says he will keep the video private.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A 15-minute film of Marilyn Monroe engaging in oral sex with an unidentified man will be kept from public view by a New York businessman who has bought it for $1.5 million, the broker of the deal said on Monday.
Memorabilia collector... Read Full Story
A New York businessman has purchased a 15-minute sex tape of Marilyn Monroe for $1.5 million.
The unidentified buyer says he will keep the film private.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A 15-minute film of Marilyn Monroe engaging in oral sex with an unidentified man will be kept from public view by a New York businessman who has bought it for $1.5 million, the broker of the deal said on Monday.
Memorabilia collector Keya Morgan said he recently arranged the sale of the silent, black-and-white film... Read Full Story
Jack Nelson, a long-time reporter for the Los Angeles Times who covered the civil rights movement and incurred the wrath of J. Edgar Hoover, died on Wednesday . I noticed a couple of interesting things in reading the obituaries summarizing this man’s impressive career and life. First, to the simpletons who suggest Obama is compiling an enemies list only they can see , here’s a reminder of what it really means for a journalist to end up on a government enemies list: “ Longtime [FBI... Read Full Story
To make my collection of quotes complete, a friend sent me this J Edgar Hoover quote on the dangers facing Liberty in the U.S. The individual is handicapped by coming face to face with a Conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists. The American mind simply has not come to a realization of the evil which has been introduced into our midst. Read Full Story
Archive, amended from issue 2, January 1995
NEW YORK. A historic agreemnet was reached here today between two of the greatest inventors of the twentieth century.
K. Edgar Hoover (younger brother to J. Edgar Hoover and elder brother to L. Edgar Hoover) and Lazlo Biro amicably agreed to swap tradenames for their respective products.
For years now, Mr Biro has been marketing his ballpoint pen as a ‘Hoover’ because he liked the sound of the name. In an extraordinary coincidence, Mr Hoover... Read Full Story
Kelley Acted Like Former FBI Director, J. Edgar Hoover. Yesterday, the Governor of Ohio Put Her On Administrative Leave!
If you’re not outraged, you should be, whether you live in Ohio or not.
About two weeks ago, right as the story broke about the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services doing a sub-rosa search on Joe [...] Read Full Story
From Spain's Princess Letizia to Italy's Mara Carfagna, the game of politics is no stranger to beautiful, powerful women. Following is a list of women whose influence is matched only by their sheer hotness.
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