J Edgar Hoover Mass Arrests

Potentially Dangerous

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 12.24.2007 | Politics


Jayne Lyn Stahl

One wonders what Hoover's definition of the word "dangerous" was, and how that might be instructive in light of today's political climate.

J Edgar Hoover Planned Mass Jailings, Suspension Of Habeus Corpus

New York Times | Tim Weiner | Posted 12.22.2007 | Politics


A newly declassified document shows that J. Edgar Hoover, the longtime director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, had a plan to suspend habeas c...