The Bureau
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When J. Edgar Hoover forced William C Sullivan out of the FBI in 1971, Sullivan was his number three man, assistant to Hoover himself, and operationally in charge of all of the Bureaus criminal, intelligence, and espionage investigations. Formerly, Sullivan had been for ten years the Assistant Director in charge of Domestic Intelligence, and a member of the United States Intelligence Board. Few knew more about Hoover more about the inner, often dark, workings of the all-powerful organization he built. And none, before now, has ever told his story.It is a story of primal politics and of revelations about the use and abuse of power that shaped our times. For instance:* How Hoover got John F Kennedy transferred from the hotel rooms of Washington to a PT-boat in the Pacific.* How Lyndon Johnson very nearly sent the U.S. Marines to invade Mississippi.* How Hoover withheld news of the capture of James Earl Ray in order to release it during Robert Kennedys funeral.* How Hoover censured an agent who, in his job of answering fan letters, made a mistake in Hoovers popover recipe.* How the FBI burglarized foreign embassies in Washington.* Hoovers attempt to run for President of the United States.* How Lyndon Johnson used the FBI as a personal political tool, going so far as to have FBI agents surveil Senator J. William Fulbright.* Hoovers use of local police to form the basis of a national police force.* The FBIs public relations mill and its control of the press.* How the FBI used sexual entrapment in its espionage projects.* Why Hoover refused to acknowledge the existence of the Mafia.To be sure, many FBI personnel were hardworking and effective; much of their work was admirable, perfumed far from the bizarre world of Washington headquarters. In thirty years with the FBI, Sullivan grew to love this part of his work as he grew skeptical of the motives and actions of his director. As time went on, Sullivan came to feel, finally, that Hoover had done mo
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