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  1. archives.fbi.gov › archives › newsFBI — J. Edgar Hoover’s “Official & Confidential” Files

    What exactly are the O&C Files? Some 17,000 pages contained in 165 files that Hoover retained in the privacy of his own office suite. They evolved in an interesting way. In the beginning—and...

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  2. historycollection.com › myths-and-mysteries-from-jMyths and Mysteries from J. Edgar Hoover’s Personal Files

    • Destruction of his personal files became a priority upon his death in 1972. J. Edgar Hoover died at his home on the night of May 1-2, 1972; his body discovered the next morning by his chauffeur.
    • The difference between personal papers and official files became a point of contention with Congress. Between May 2 and May 12, 1972, Helen Gandy worked on the personal files collected by J. Edgar Hoover, while at the same time she and other FBI officials took steps to preserve what they considered official files.
    • Eight presidential administrations had been spanned by Hoover’s tenure as Director of the FBI. When Helen Gandy closed the last of the boxes (more than thirty total) which contained the papers she identified as Hoover’s personal files and sent them to the FBI for final destruction, only two known people had seen the contents of the entire personal file.
    • Hoover’s Official and Confidential Files were released, though redacted, to the public. The Official and Confidential files kept by the FBI at the behest of Director Hoover, known as Hoover’s Official and Confidential files, were released to the general public in the late 20 century.

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Private_Files_of_JThe Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover - Wikipedia

    The film ultimately shows the Nixon administration attempting and failing to obtain the files and implies that Hoover's blackmail material relating to Nixon was ultimately used by his political enemies to bring down his presidency.

  5. time.com › archive › 6598317From TIME’s Archives: The Truth About J. Edgar Hoover

    Dec 22, 1975 · A few newsmen—Jack Anderson, Fred Cook, Tom Wicker, Jack Nelson—picked up and printed some facets of the dark side of Hoover. A few groups—Black Panthers, the Congress of Racial Equality ...

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  7. www.thedailybeast.com › fbi-director-hoovers-dirtyFBI Director Hoover’s Dirty Files: Excerpt From Ronald ...

    Aug 2, 2011 · Defenders of Hoover— a dwindling number of older former agents who still refer to him as “Mr. Hoover”—have claimed his Official and Confidential files were not used to blackmail members of...

  8. www.usatoday.com › story › newsFact check: Hoover labeled Black Panthers biggest threat ...

    Jul 25, 2021 · The claim: As FBI director, J. Edgar Hoover said 'negro unity' was the greatest threat to the U.S. In the days leading up to Juneteenth, which celebrates Union troops announcing the...

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  10. www.pbs.org › the-secret-file-on-j-edgar-hooverThe Secret File on J. Edgar Hoover | FRONTLINE - PBS

    Frontline reveals how Hoover’s own secret life left him open to blackmail by the Mafia and offers a startling new explanation why the FBI allowed the mob to operate unchallenged for over two...