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...Hoover: That is correct, Mr. Chairman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: HAMPERED | 11/30/1953 | See Source »

...Hoover: We were certainly hampered as far as surveillances were concerned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: HAMPERED | 11/30/1953 | See Source »

...Harry Dexter White case, one of the most important dramas of recent U.S. politics, reached a climax-and firm ground-last week with the testimony of Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. and FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee. The case was not settled or ended because the basic conflict underlying it still goes on. But it had come to a point where the nation could take stock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: THE NATION | 11/30/1953 | See Source »

...Riddled Explanation. When Brownell and Hoover took the stand last week, the two principal questions to be aired were: 1) What had the FBI told Truman about White? 2) Was White left in the job in order to help the FBI gather evidence against the spy ring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: THE NATION | 11/30/1953 | See Source »

...Edgar Hoover and Herbert Brownell strode into the red-carpeted U.S. Senate caucus room in Washington to answer these questions. Hoover's appearance caused a sensation. As all of Washington knows, the FBI chief intensely dislikes testifying in security cases and might not have done so except to protect the FBI against the implications of Truman's speech...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: THE NATION | 11/30/1953 | See Source »

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