J. Edgar Hoovers 50-Year Career of Blackmail, Entrapment, and Taking Down Communist Spies

Published: Jan. 3, 2023, 7:15 a.m.

J. Edgar Hoover was possibly the most powerful non-elected person in modern American history. As FBI director from 1924 through his death in 1972, he used the tools of state to create a personal fiefdom unrivaled in U.S. history. He ruthlessly rooted...