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2024-12-26 00:15:28
One morning in the fall of 1971, President Richard Nixon set out to fire J. Edgar Hoover...two men were longtime friends, united by their political affinities..." The New Yorker, two years ago. Hoover was extremely ideological/political/biased. [Link]
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2024-12-26 02:01:19
It is well documented that J. Edgar Hoover was extremely biased in how he wielded the power of the FBI and took draconian measures to hurt his political enemies. A few examples: [Link] [Link] [Link] [Link]
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2024-12-26 03:23:35
The New Yorker magazine has reported extensively on Hoover's ideological agenda and how "Hoover’s dirty-tricks campaign was designed to neutralize almost all forms of political dissent," even comparing him to Torquemada. [Link] [Link] [Link]
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