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J. Edgar Hoover

Sep 28

The Right’s Idea that FBI Agents Are “Vicious Monsters” Is Nothing New, Except the Criticism Used to Come From the Left

The raid at Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago has enraged right-wing partisans in attacking the FBI as a politicized “Gestapo.” The agency has never been free from politics, and used to be most loathed by the left.
By Claire Potter
Dakota Johnson stars in Twentieth Century Fox’s BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYAL.
Oct 12

See ‘Bad Times at the El Royale’, Hate Yourself in the Morning

An over-written, convoluted mistake from out-of-control writer-director Drew Goddard.
By Rex Reed
May 18

It’s Time to Get the FBI Out of the Spy Business

The remarkable thing is that it took this long for a White House to declare open war on the Bureau.
By John R. Schindler
Apr 23

Desperate for Dirt on Western Intelligence Agencies, Russia Just Makes It Up

By John R. Schindler
THE COMMON, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES - 2017/08/19: The Far Right were far out numbered on August 19, 2017, when a small contingent of the Alt-right attempted to stage a "free speech" rally in Downtown Boston. Over 40,000 counter-demonstrators surrounded the minuscule white nationalist rally. By 1:30 p.m. the Boston Police had announced that the rally had ended. Riot police were then forced to create an evacuation route for the white supremacists to leave. There were at least 33 arrests.
Aug 30

How to Avoid America’s Coming Years of Lead

By John R. Schindler
Does this say "NSA" to you?
Sep 13

Inside the ‘Kids Zones’ on Intelligence Agency Websites

By John Bonazzo
(Photo credit should read TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Aug 29

Nicholas Kristof’s Obscene Comparison: Injured Syrian Girl Is Not Anne Frank

By Abraham H. Miller
On loan from Madame Tussauds Washington, DC is this likeness in wax of former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, that has real hair and must be washed using only Paul Mitchell hair products, is part of the Newseum's first changing exhibition, "G-Men and Journalists" on view June 17, 2008 in Washington, DC. The exhibit which which covers the top news stories of the FBI's first century explores the role of the media in shaping the bureau's image and the sometimes cooperative, sometimes combative relationship between the press and the FBI. AFP PHOTO / TIM SLOAN
Jul 9

J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI Wouldn’t Have Punted EmailGate

By John R. Schindler
President Lyndon Baines Johnson, played by Bryan Cranston, prepares to sign the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
May 22

Bryan Cranston Goes ‘All the Way’ and Makes LBJ Come Alive

By John Bonazzo
The Hubble Space Telescope.
Apr 18

This Week in Tech History: First YouTube Video, Hubble Launched

By John Bonazzo
Sep 24

Schadenfreude @ Gmail

By Ben Widdicombe
DiCaprio as Hoover.
Nov 8

J. Edgar, the Man, Was as Pissy as J. Edgar, the Film, Is Passionless and Plot-Starved

By Rex Reed
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