The secrets of J. Edgar Hoover

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The secrets of J. Edgar Hoover

One man made the G-men legendary, turned a bumbling FBI into what was perceived to be an army of truth and justice known the world over, and made himself a towering American legend: J. Edgar Hoover. For nearly 50 years, he ran the FBI. As the gatekeeper of its secrets, its power and its image, Hoover kept the keys to a kingdom called Washington.

Of course today, the Hoover legend is not just about crime fighting. It has as much to do with playing fast and loose with civil liberties, with collecting vast secret files on innocent people — a powerful man with secrets of his own, including rumors of bizarre sexual behavior. Finding the real J. Edgar Hoover has been the passion of author Richard Hack for nearly two decades, leading him to write the book, “Puppet Master: The Secret life of J. Edgar Hoover."

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Hack: “This is a man who would do nothing at all — anything — even eat the wrong food if for chance it would affect his power base. He would do nothing, let alone something as outrageous as dress in a dress, invite total strangers to witness it. It is not possible.”

What is not disputed is that Hoover used his power to make life difficult for those people who he believed threatened him, people like Martin Luther King, Jr.


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