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July 9, 2013 By Raymond J. Batvinis, PhD

Your FBI

Shows FBI Hoover building and describes mission of Bureau. Shows old footage of 1930’s gansters, George “Machine Gun” Kelly, “Babyface” Nelson, “Prettyboy” Floyd, and John Dillinger to illustrate how aggressive Agency was at solving crimes under Director Hoover. Discusses expansion of agency after WW II to include investigations of espionage, sabotage, loan sharks, interstate gambling, 1950’s Brinks robbery, and KKK violence. Indicates that aggressive nature of agency did not change with death of J. Edgar Hoover in 1972

 

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