How J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI's first and longest director of the FBI, used controversial methods to turn the agency into one of the most efficient investigative forces in the world
J. Edgar Hoover is seen speaking during a convention of former special agents in Washington, DC.Bob Daugherty/AP
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<li>J. Edgar Hoover took over the FBI, then known as the Bureau of Investigation… [+18598 chars]
