J Edgar Hoover

Will The Yankee Comandante's Bones Ever Return To U.S. Soil?

The New Yorker | David Grann | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Cuban Revolution, William Morgan, Fidel Castro, J. Edgar Hoover, Yankee Comandante, Fbi, Olga Rodriguez, Cuba, William Alexander Morgan, World News

For a moment, he was obscured by the Havana night. It was as if he were invisible, as he had been before coming to Cuba, in the midst of revolution. T...

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Both Sides: Caro on LBJ-BHO, Huff/Matalin on a Gay Week

HuffPost Radio | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Robert Caro, Vice President Biden, President Obama, J. Edgar Hoover, Rachel Maddow, Bullying, Mitt Romney, President Kennedy, Game Change, Robert McNamara, President Johnson, President Bush, Ralph Nader, Gay Marriage, Politics News
HuffPost Radio

2011-11-29-20111107bothsidesnow.jpgHuffington/Matalin discuss how the shunned VP found his voice "in the crack of a gunshot." What can Obama learn from a "political genius" who unified the country on rights but divided it over war?

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We Are a Nation of Bullies

David A. Love | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Women's Rights, Politics, Shirley Sherrod Andrew Breitbart, J. Edgar Hoover, Rush Limbaugh, Reproductive Rights, Sandra Fluke, Voter ID Laws, Death Penalty, Sharia Law, Power & Politics, Bv-Politics, Black Voices News
David A. Love

This nation has a love-hate relationship with bullies. In one breath, society condemns bullying. And yet our society thrives on it, encourages it and glorifies it.

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A Place Where Dogs And Dead Bodies Peacefully Coexist

| Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Congressional Cemetery, Video, Historic Congressional Cemetery, Capitol Hill, J. Edgar Hoover, Congressional Cemetery Dogs, Elbridge Gerry, Dog Walkers, John Philip Sousa, Animals, Dogs, Cqrc, Tip O'Neill, DC News

By Jason Dick Roll Call Staff One of the liveliest places on Capitol Hill is, ironically, Historic Congressional Cemetery, a more than two-century...

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Marcus Baram

Bush Lied To FBI Director About Spying On Americans, Book Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 01.28.2012

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Former President George W. Bush lied to FBI Director Robert Mueller in the Oval Office to protect White House programs that secretly eavesdropped on A...

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Lee Speigel

2011's Top UFO Sightings And News (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Lee Speigel | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Jfk and Ufos, Video, J Edgar Hoover, We the People, New Orleans Ufo, Ufo, Ufos, Aliens, Flying Saucer, Extraterrestrial, UFO News, Weird News News

2011 was a very -- watch out, here it comes -- out-of-this-world year for UFOs. Every month of the year gave us UFO stories to digest, wonder about, o...

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Armie Hammer Gets Revenge

Posted 02.06.2012

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J. Edgar Hoover's career was all about keeping tabs on rivals and getting revenge. Now, the tables have been turned. Actor Armie Hammer's great-gra...

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J. Edgar, the Bad and the Good

Warren Adler | Posted 01.26.2012

Read More: Clint Eastwood, Hollywood, Leonardo Dicaprio, J. Edgar Hoover, J. Edgar Review, Leonardo DiCaprio J. Edgar, J. Edgar Movie, Entertainment News
Warren Adler

J.Edgar, the movie, is more than just a mere contrived biopic. There is something transcendent about it, something that can enhance our understanding about America and the people who wield power over our lives.

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Top 8 J. Edgar Hoover Conspiracy Theories

TruTV.com | David Moye | Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Fbi, Clint Eastwood, Video, Hoover Crossdressing, J. Edgar Hoover, Leonardo Dicaprio, Hoover Conspricies, Weird News News

Have you seen the new Clint Eastwood-directed "J. Edgar" yet? J. Edgar Hoover was one of the most controversial government leaders in American hist...

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J Edgar: One of the Year's Major Disappointments

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Dustin Lance Black, Clint Eastwood, Leonardo Dicaprio, Clyde Tolson, Fbi, J Edgar Hoover, Entertainment News
Jackie K. Cooper

The acting in J Edgar is okay with DiCaprio trying to fill in the gaps that surrounded Hoover's history. But an actor can only do so much with a weak script and Dustin Lance Black's script is very weak.

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5 Myths About J. Edgar Hoover

The Washington Post | Kenneth D. Ackerman | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Clyde Tolson, J. Edgar Hoover, Dorothy Lamour, Fbi, J. Edgar, Clint Eastwood J. Edgar, Leonardo DiCaprio J. Edgar, Politics News

Dead almost 40 years, J. Edgar Hoover returns to the spotlight as the Clint Eastwood biopic "J. Edgar" opens in theaters this week. Hoover served as d...

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Should The FBI Headquarters Be Demolished?

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: DC News, Federal Bureau of Investigation, General Services Administration, Video, Gsa, J. Edgar Hoover, FBI Headquarters, Architecture, Fbi, Gao, J. Edgar Hoover Building, Government Accountability Office, DC News

WASHINGTON -- For years, the FBI headquarters building on Pennsylvania Avenue NW, about halfway between the White House and U.S. Capital, has been des...

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Movie Review: J. Edgar

Marshall Fine | Posted 01.07.2012

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Marshall Fine

Let's see: Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar," which opens in limited release Wednesday (11/9/11) before going wider on Friday, features a fully committed per...

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I'll Say It: Leo Got Fat

Posted 01.02.2012

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Whether he plays an underground cop on the streets of Boston or a wealthy aviation pioneer, true Leonardo DiCaprio fans will almost always see the dre...

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FBI Tells Eastwood and Dicaprio J. Edgar Hoover Wasn't Gay

Posted 12.06.2011

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Rumors have long swirled around J. Edgar Hoover's sexuality and supposed penchant for donning women's clothing. Now, thanks to an upcoming biopic ...

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Common and Michelle Obama's Bad Rap about Assata Shakur: The Hero Wore a Black Hat

Dr. Jonathan David Farley | Posted 07.15.2011

Read More: Kathleen Cleaver, Michelle Obama, Ericka Huggins, Fredrika Newton, Cointelpro, Tarika Lewis, Black Liberation Army, Assata Shakur, David Hilliard, Black Panther Party, Geronimo Pratt, Huey P. Newton, Common, Elaine Brown, Bobby Seale, J. Edgar Hoover, Politics News
Dr. Jonathan David Farley

Cue conservative outrage over Michelle Obama's inviting rapper Common to a White House poetry reading, because Common wrote one adulatory song about Black Panther Assata Shakur. The New Jersey state police protested.

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J. Edgar Hoover's FBI Took UFOs Seriously, Documents Suggest

AOL Weird News | Posted 11.15.2011

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Though the U.S. government has always maintained there was nothing about UFOs that warranted any serious investigation, previously classified FBI docu...

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The Dream

Janet Langhart Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Immigration, DREAM Act, Illegal Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, J. Edgar Hoover, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Day, ?€œI Have a Dream? Speech, Civil Rights, Politics News
Janet Langhart Cohen

I had the good fortune to know Dr. King. I know he would have been in the forefront of the effort to bring about the realization of another dream.

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John Steinbeck, Michael Moore, and the Burgeoning Role of Planetary Patriotism

Thomas Steinbeck | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Literature, Steinbeck Award, Patriotism, John Steinbeck, J. Edgar Hoover, Michael Moore, Socrates, Vietnam, Poetry, The Wind in the Willows, Authors, Energy Conservation, Steinbeck, Globalization, Patriot, Intellectualism, Books News
Thomas Steinbeck

The Steinbeck Award points to examples of American patriots who have made an indelible impact on our culture. Mr. Moore aptly fulfills every required parameter designed to guide the choice of award recipients.

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What Does a Vote for a GOP Candidate in November Really Mean?

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Koch, Mitch McConnell, Mike Castle, George W. Bush, 9/11, Mccarthyism, Arthur Brooks, Bush Tax Cuts, American Enterprise Institute, Politics of Fear, Deficit, Primaries, Unemployment, Tax Cuts for the Wealthy, David Brooks, Harold Simmons, Joe Miller, Ken Buck, Islamic Community Center, Japanese Internment, Newt Gingrich, Tea Party, Paul Ryan, Ground Zero Mosque, Wealth Redistribution, Fear, J. Edgar Hoover, Democrats, Iraq War, Midterm Elections, New York Times, Timothy Noah, Income Disparity, Sharron Angle, Republicans, Politics News
Mitchell Bard

A vote for the GOP in November will be a vote for the richest one percent of the country at the expense of the rest of us. And it will be a vote for the kind of fear that we, as a country, would eventually come to regret.

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Back on the Trail of the King Assassination

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Martin Luther King Jr., MLK Assassination, J Edgar Hoover, Hampton Sides, Fbi and Mlk, James Earl Ray, Coretta Scott King, Books News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Hampton Sides' Hellhound on His Trail makes it clear that James Earl Ray's overwhelming guilt doesn't negate the fact that the FBI waged a protracted and illegal secret war against Martin Luther King.

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Leo DiCaprio May Cross-Dress To Play J. Edgar Hoover

E! Online | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clint Eastwood, J. Edgar Hoover Movie, J. Edgar Hoover, Leonardo Dicaprio J. Edgar Hoover, Leonardo Dicaprio, Film, Movies, Entertainment News

Ever wonder what Leonardo DiCaprio looks like in a dress? We may find out, because he's set to star in a Clint Eastwood-directed biopic about J. Ed...

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Glenn Beck Is Right to Fear Dorothy Day

Jim O'Grady | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anti-Semitism, The Catholic Worker, The Great Depression, Demagoguery, J. Edgar Hoover, Jim Wallis, The Radio Priest, American Catholicism, Fr. Charles Coughlin, Glenn Beck Social Justice, Francis Cardinal Spellman, Dorothy Day, Houses of Hospitality, Dorothy Day: With Love for the Poor, Religion News
Jim O'Grady

Demagogues like Coughlin and Beck use ever more shrill appeals to cause serious short-term turmoil but, in the process, turn their followers' hearts to stone. People are happier, Day believed, when they are good.

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Who Will Rid the World of Clint Eastwood's Films?

Andy Pemberton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clint Eastwood, J Edgar Hoover, Dirty Harry, Hat, Right Wing, Comedies, Oscar, Spaghetti Western, Sergio Leone, Academy, Tightrope, Cowboy, Entertainment News
Andy Pemberton

Will Clint's next movie be a musical? A comedy? A noir thriller? No. It will be a literal-minded tale, free from dramatic devices such as irony, metaphor or anything that might make the darn thing interesting.

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Martin Luther King Jr.: Remembering With a New Cointelpro

Peter Christian Hall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marc Estrin, Church Committee, J. Edgar Hoover, Cognitive Infiltration, Conspiracy Theories, 9/11, Cointelpro, Extremist Groups, Obama Administration, Fred Hampton, Cass Sunstein, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Chat Rooms, Glenn Greenwald, Martin Luther King Jr., Harvard Law School, Office of Information & Regulatory Affairs, Journal of Political Philosophy, Fbi, Daniel Tencer, Dissidents, Politics News
Peter Christian Hall

This may be just the time to brush up on Cointelpro, the notorious program through which FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover vigorously disrupted the activities of American political dissidents.

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