Edgar Hoover: fallen idol
As head of the F. 8.1. for nearly 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover became the most powerful policeman in the Western world. He was idolised by Hollywood, and his power and influence was so great that it was said no President dared get rid of
him. But after his death in 1972, his towering reputation began to crumble. In a 8.8. C. programme, “Edgar Hoover: Fallen Idol” (National programme, 10.30 a.m. today), Anthony Howard sifts through the evidence about Hoover’s past, with the help of those who
knew him, and builds up a fascinating portrait of the most famous secret police chief a Western democracy has ever produced. Hoover’s critics, though, think a more frank title might be “the greatest blackmailer in history.”
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Press, 23 April 1984, Page 13
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