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==Politics==
==Politics==
Hoover worked closely with all presidents from [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and after, keeping track of political enemies of the presidents as well as threats to national security. He was especially worried about the ties of [[Martin Luther King]] to Communist leaders.
Hoover worked closely with all presidents from [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and after, keeping track of political enemies of the presidents as well as threats to national security. During the Administration of President [[John Kennedy]], the president's brother who Hoover's boss, [[Attorney General]] [[Robert Kennedy]], ordered the [[FBI]] to wiretap Dr. King's phone in order to retain King as a loyal [[Democrat]] through blackmail. <ref>[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=16500 Why Martin Luther King Was Republican, Human Events, August 16, 2006]</ref>
==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* Breuer, William B. ''J. Edgar Hoover and His G-Men'' (1995) [http://www.questia.com/read/6830636?title=J.%20Edgar%20Hoover%20and%20His%20G-Men online edition]
* Breuer, William B. ''J. Edgar Hoover and His G-Men'' (1995) [http://www.questia.com/read/6830636?title=J.%20Edgar%20Hoover%20and%20His%20G-Men online edition]