Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. J. Edgar Hoover took over the FBI, then known as the Bureau of Investigation in 1924 when he was 29 years old. At first, agents ...

As Director of the FBI from 1924 to 1972, J. Edgar Hoover secured his position as the most powerful man in America by gathering information on the private lives of others. Yet, behind all the the ...

For nearly half a century, J. Edgar Hoover presided over the FBI with an iron fist. His career began with a wave of anti-communist raids in 1919. It ended during the presidency of his friend Richard ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bettman/Getty Images Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI chief, has said he wants to dismantle the J. Edgar Hoover Building ...

Since President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention of appointing his political loyalist Kash Patel as the director of the F.B.I., critics have warned that we’re heading back to the bad old ...

Warner Brothers Pictures has released 72 images from next month’s J. EDGAR. During his lifetime, J. Edgar Hoover would rise to be the most powerful man in America. As head of the Federal Bureau of ...

On the limits of executive power. By Jack Goldsmith and Samuel Moyn The move prolongs the dispute over the F.B.I.’s headquarters, an aging colossus veiled in netting to keep concrete from falling on ...

Clint Eastwood’s cinematic exploration of the FBI chief’s rise to power is little more than a comforting myth. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive ...