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...undertaking. On top of that, Nixon's personal papers were in many cases not worth the paper they were printed on. Crucial material that might have proved useful to historians was missing. Gone, for example, were files of correspondence with Presidents John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Herbert Hoover, Chief Justice Earl Warren, House Speaker Sam Ray burn and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Some boxes were filled with nothing but newspaper clippings. Newman proved to be an accurate prophet when he once wrote about his profession: "I assure you that there isn't any dodge that some...
...conclusions are drawn, the questions must be answered. But when Mark Lane participates in a panel discussion with someone like Boston radio personality Mae Brussel, giving the weight of his presence to her completely unsupported allegation that the SLA kidnapping of Patty Hearst, the death of J. Edgar Hoover--which she terms murder--and the events of November 22, 1963, are all linked, he minimizes the credibility of his own work...
Lodge recommended that a group be formed from the legislative and executive branches like the Hoover Commission of 1950. The Hoover Commission Report resulted in the elimination of many government jobs and reduction of general extravagence, he said...
...aide remembers being with Johnson and Hoover when Hoover was reporting on important people linked to the gambling world. Johnson was fascinated, but hesitant. How did Hoover know these things? he asked. Because of wiretaps, Hoover told the President. Then Hoover would drop a tidbit or two. Johnson was all ears, but he would protest, "All right, all right," as if he wanted Hoover to stop. Hoover did not stop. He kept on talking, and L.B.J. kept on listening. Johnson was hooked and Hoover knew...
...point Johnson became so angry at Hoover and the bureau that he ordered his Secret Service detail chief, Rufus Youngblood, to go over to Justice and take over the FBI. Youngblood went there, wandered around for a few days, but the order was never formalized. Two of Johnson's closest friends warned L.B.J. that Hoover was disregarding the civil liberties of many people. It was then that Johnson gave his pungent summation of why he kept Hoover: "I would rather have him inside the tent pissing out than outside the tent pissing...