Re: Who is J Edgar Hoover ?

Tue Jan 08, 2019 11:38 am

Work.

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Hobbies. .

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J. Edgar Hoover was director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for 48 years,

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J. Edgar Hoover was director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 48 years,

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reshaping that organization from a small,

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relatively weak arm of the federal government’s executive branch into a highly effective investigative agency.

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His aggressive methods targeting organized groups and specific individuals

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politicians, celebrities and political activists

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made him a powerful but controversial figure throughout most of his career, and particularly after his death

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when the full extent of the FBI’s intrusive (and probably illegal) surveillance activities became known.

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two years later he became special assistant to Attorney General two years later he became special assistant to Attorney General

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which post he oversaw the mass roundups and deportations of suspected which post he oversaw the mass roundups and deportations of suspected

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He was named acting director of the Bureau of Investigation

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he reorganized and rebuilt it on a professional basis,

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which became the world’s largest

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which became the world’s largest

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which selected law enforcement officers from all parts of the country were sent for special training.

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Both the FBI’s size and its responsibilities grew steadily under his management.

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began in the late 1940s

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At the same time, he maintained a hands-off policy toward the