Future FBI Headquarters Likely Won’t Be Named After J. Edgar Hoover
When the FBI moves its headquarters, the new building may no longer be graced with J. Edgar Hoover’s name.
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Ex-FBI Agent Who Authored Books Critical of J. Edgar Hoover Has Died at 88
William Weyand Turner, a former FBI agent who criticized J. Edgar Hoover in several books, died Dec. 26.
Congressional Bill Seeks to Remove J. Edgar Hoover’s Name from FBI’s Headquarters
Saying J. Edgar Hoover stomped on the civil rights of Americans, a congressman has introduced a bill to remove the former FBI director’s name from the bureau’s headquarters building.
Waxlike, Life-Size Figure of FBI’s J. Edgar Hoover Removed from New York Display
A life-size, waxlike figure of J. Edgar Hoover has been removed from the FBI’s New York field office following objections from the bureau’s employees.
Should J. Edgar Hoover’s Name Be Removed from FBI’s New Headquarters?
Jonathan Rauch The Atlantic Now that the Confederate flag has been furled at South Carolina’s Capitol, it’s time to deal with another symbolic insult to minorities and the Constitution—the one inscribed over the door of the nation’s top law-enforcement agency. A consummate bureaucrat and institution-builder, J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI’s first director, was also a…
Researcher Sues FBI for Long-Withheld Records About Ex-First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A lot of secrecy still shrouds the FBI’s past obsession with former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt. AllGov.com reports that the FBI has refused to disclose records detailing her trip to the Soviet Union in 1957 and 1958. Former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover believed Roosevelt was a Communist sympathizer. Now a…