J. Edgar Hoover
John Edgar Hoover (1895-1972) was a controversial director of the FBI. Hoover as FBI Director was a staunch opponent of Communism, liberalism, organized labor, and homosexuals. Hoover served as director for 48 years until his death. He founded the FBI's 'public enemies' program, under which such criminals as John Dillinger, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were successfully caught. He enforced prohibition when it was in effect. At the beginning of the Korean War, Hoover submitted a plan to President Harry Truman that would arrest thousands of American citizens who he judged to be "potentially dangerous to the internal security of the country." They were to be detained in federal prisons or military facilities, and eventually be given trials "not bound by the rules of evidence." The Truman administration did not follow through on Hoover's plan.[1]
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Wilson, Gahan, The Big Book of Weirdos, Paradox Press, New York, 1995