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Berrigan and his brother Daniel, also a Roman Catholic priest, were accused of the plot by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover late last year in testimony before a Senate subcommittee. Hoover linked the plot to a move to force the United States to leave Vietnam and to release alleged political prisoners...
...Edgar Hoover tenders his resignation to President Nixon, commenting with disgust, "the President has exterminated one third of the human race, without consulting...
...Concerning your interview with J. Edgar Hoover [Dec. 14], Mr. Hoover is unquestionably a man of great talent, and probably this country's most singularly effective law officer. He seems, though, like a number of other recent and present public servants, to be seriously out of touch with many creative and constructive social (and political) values held by an increasing number of thoughtful Americans, and thus with these people themselves. True, his grasp of law-enforcement techniques and their generally fair means of application is admirable...
...Hoover should retire, with full honors for a job well done...
...pity poor J. Edgar Hoover. Imagine having to contend with lazy judges, bleeding hearts on parole boards, Black...