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John Edgar Hoover, né le 1er janvier 1895 et mort le 2 mai 1972 à Washington, D.C., a été le premier directeur du Federal Bureau of Investigation du 10 mai 1924 jusqu'à sa mort, soit pendant quarante-huit ans.

Il est à ce jour celui qui est resté le plus longtemps à la tête d'une agence fédérale américaine, ayant servi sous huit présidents, de Calvin Coolidge à Richard Nixon. Après lui, un mandat de dix ans a été instauré pour le chef du FBI.

Il est reconnu comme le créateur d'une agence chargée du maintien de la loi efficace et puissante, notamment dans le domaine de la police scientifique et de la résolution des crimes ; néanmoins, les méthodes utilisées pour permettre la réalisation de certains objectifs ont donné lieu à des commentaires divers, élogieux au vu des menaces géopolitiques de l’époque, ou critiques, lorsque ces méthodes n’entraient pas en conformité avec la loi. Wikipedia  

✵ 1. janvier 1895 – 2. mai 1972
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J. Edgar Hoover: 8 citations0 J'aime

J. Edgar Hoover: Citations en anglais

“Just the minute the FBI begins making recommendations on what should be done with its information, it becomes a Gestapo.”

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J. Edgar Hoover

Look magazine (14 June 1956).

“Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.”

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News summaries (7 April 1955).

“[Whoever did this] must be exterminated, and they must be exterminated by us.”

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On the perpetrators of the Kansas City Massacre of 1933, as quoted in Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34 by Bryan Burrough (2004: Penguin), p. 51.

“Purpose of counter-intelligence action is to disrupt [Black Panther Party] and it is immaterial whether facts exist to substantiate the charge. If facts are present it aids in the success of the proposal but the Bureau feels … that disruption can be accomplished without facts to back it up.”

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Memo (16 Sept. 1970).

“The menace of communism in this country will remain a menace until the American people make themselves aware of the techniques of communism. No one who truly understands what it really is can be taken in by it. Yet the individual is handicapped by coming face to face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists. The American mind simply has not come to a realization of the evil which has been introduced into our midst. It rejects even the assumption that human creatures could espouse a philosophy which must ultimately destroy all that is good and decent.”

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The Elks Magazine (August 1956).

“We are a fact-gathering organization only. We don’t clear anybody. We don’t condemn anybody.”

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Look magazine (14 June 1956).

“Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth. Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar.”

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"What I Would Tell a Son," Family Weekly (14 July 1963).

“You state that the Bureau under the [counter-intelligence program] should not attack programs of community interest such as the [] "Breakfast for Children." … You have obviously missed the point.… This program was formed by the BPP for obvious reasons, including their efforts to create an image of civility, assume community control of Negroes, and to fill adolescent children with their insidious poison.”

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"Racial Intelligence: Black Panther Party (BPP)" (27 May 1969).

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