How J. Edgar Hoover transformed the FBI into a law-and-order machine against our enemies
By the 1930s the FBI was changing — and Hoover was its key change agent. After the so-called “Lindbergh Law” made kidnapping a federal offense, the FBI became more actively involved in fighting ...
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How J Edgar Hoover became one of the most powerful men in America
The J Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, DC Hoover's response was to fast-track the capture of the last big-name gangster at large, Alvin Karpis. The story was that Hoover had made the arrest ...
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The Era of Gangster Films
Edgar Hoover issued a form letter response ... Censors complained that the new FBI films were just as violent as the gangster films. Not wishing to lose its British market, Hollywood entirely ...