Who is J Edgar Hoover ?

He ordered flags to fly at half-mast and that Hoover's body lie in state in the Capitol.

"Everybody thought he was the 'Top Cop,' he was actually referred to as that," Eastwood said. "America's 'Top Cop' as in the Federal Bureau of Investigation."

he had held forth on the need to persuade the elderly Hoover to resign. "We have on our hands here a man who will pull down the temple with him, including me."

Washington Is a Deeply Closeted Town
"Washington is a very gay town," one person interviewed in the film said. "And it's also a deeply closeted town."

Nixon, soon to be disgraced and forced to resign, was of course himself no paragon.

Most presidents before him, though, had had cause to fear Hoover or been troubled

"When you have someone who is closeted and gay and voting anti-gay, what you are reporting is hypocrisy," Dick said. "If all Americans had civil rights, this wouldn't be an issue."

Most presidents before him, though, had had cause to fear Hoover or been troubled

Politicians in the Closet
"Obviously," Dick said of choosing his subjects, "they had to rise to the level of hypocrisy. We didn't just out closeted politicians."

all congressmen and senators are afraid of him."

Crist, who supported Florida's anti-gay adoption law, recently announced his run for U.S. Senate and is considered a presidential hopeful for 2012.

Clint Eastwood referred to it this year before the launch of his movie, when he assured the J Edgar Hoover Foundation that J Edgar would not "portray an open homosexual relationship" between Hoover and his long-time male companion, Clyde Tolson.

Crist has denied published allegations that he is gay.

Eastwood stretched the truth. Though there is just one passionate kiss between Leonardo DiCaprio and Armie Hammer,

Florida Newspaper Reports 'Gay Rumors'
The same newspaper named the sitting governor in its article titled, "Movie revives gay rumors about governor despite his denial."

the two actors portraying them in the movie, the relationship with Tolson is a central theme.

"A few years ago, it wasn't plausible [to come out]," he said. "But there are plenty of gays who are honest about their sexuality and survived."

. In real life, all Washington knew was that the pair dined daily together, vacationed together, did everything but move in together, and the whispers flew

When a magazine article in the 1930s referred to Hoover's "mincing" gait, and a diplomat commented on his "conspicuous perfume", Hoover struck back.,,

He gathered derogatory information on the offending journalist, and asserted – falsely – that he did not use perfume. Real information on the Hoover-Tolson relationship surfaced only long after both men were dead, during research for my book.

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