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J. Edgar Hoover

The Dark Truth About J. Edgar Hoover's FBI

Discrimination

Beverly Gage: The Dark Truth About J. Edgar Hoover's FBI

The first FBI director wasn't all bad (or a cross-dresser). But he and the agency he created regularly flouted constitutional limits on power.

Nick Gillespie | 1.4.2023 11:00 AM

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FBI

The Complicated Truth about J. Edgar Hoover

The first FBI director wasn't a cross-dresser, says a new biography, but he was often quick to flout constitutional limits on state power.

Nick Gillespie | 1.4.2023 10:30 AM

Aretha Franklin

FBI

The FBI Closely Tracked Aretha Franklin's Appearances at Civil Rights Events

The FBI used a network of snitches to spy on entertainers and activists, and the Queen of Soul was no exception.

C.J. Ciaramella | 9.9.2022 3:39 PM

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FBI

The FBI Kept Tabs on Mort Sahl's Jokes About It, and Hoover Thought Sahl Was a 'Sick Man'

The late standup comedian's FBI file says he "ridiculed the FBI, law enforcement, and high public officials, beyond the bounds of good humor."

C.J. Ciaramella | 6.30.2022 4:16 PM

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Osage Indians

Blood for Oil

A covert war with the Osage Nation

Amy H. Sturgis | 10.19.2017 6:00 AM

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FBI

God and Man at the FBI

Dissident and offbeat religious groups have faced more than a century of surveillance.

Athan Theoharis | 6.24.2017 6:00 AM

Politics

The FBI on The Anarchist Cookbook

Jesse Walker | 2.16.2011 3:07 PM

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