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Hoover was a traitor


This guy was the real enemy of America, pissing on the constitution. They should have arrested him and deported him to the Soviet Union where he would have been very happy with thugs like him who called themselves ``the law`` and did whatever they felt like.

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He would have been happy about the Guantanamo. Maybe he should have been deported to modern USA.



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Yup. It takes one to catch one.

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He was a hero.

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I cannot understand calling him a hero, but he did build the FBI to be the envy of the world. He also violated civil liberties, committed outright crimes, and led an organization that was largely ineffective against subversion. He used the FBI to be his own personal fiefdom.

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Just like obama today.

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Well when you have dirt on every politician, especially the Kennedys why wouldn't you stay in that position until you couldn't anymore? He's got power hungry. No way did he want to lose that! He manipulated everyone. He built the FBI and was smart however he was a dirty person. Just not a great person. I want to know what all was shredded after he died. What secrets were buried with him?

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