Edgar J. Kaufmann

state, the vampire is casted as the communist disease. The disease metaphor relates the vampire to the spread of Communism infecting the America way of life. In a testimony in front of the HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee), FBI Director, J. Edgar Hoover used a disease metaphor to discuss the communist threat. This metaphor became part of cold war rhetoric. Hoover states that: “Victory will be assured once communists are identified and exposed, because the public will take the first step of

McCarthy Trials Cold War The Cold War started after World War II around 1947. The Cold War was an international power struggle between the capitalist United States and its allies and the communist Soviet Union and its allies. Both sides were competing for dominance and exploited every chance they could for expansion. The term “cold” was used to describe how America and the Soviet Union were not in direct contact, however used client states to fight for their beliefs such as the incident in Vietnam

It seems that J. Edgar Hoover had an obsession with stopping Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and the Sothern Christian Leadership Conference, but why? How was the Federal Bureau of Investigations linked to King and his Christian Conference? In the investigation of the assignation of King, many suspicious activities from the FBI were uncovered. I will argue that King was wrongfully watched by the FBI, J. Edgar had a personal vendetta against him, and ultimately, he played a role in the assassination of

. Bobby Seale was a political activist and co-founder of the Black Panther Party (BPP). The BPP was formed over fifty years ago. He took many steps in politics including going to college to obtain a degree in politics. He helped improve social services in black neighborhoods along with many other aspects of Black-American’s lives. While working at a “War on Poverty” program, he and Huey Newton wrote a ten-point program that outlined the important goals of the Black Panther Party. Seale was

The robbers “…even got the attention of President J. Edgar Hoover, who was outraged when the thieves kept raiding military bases” (Clyde Doc., 33:56). At the time, the Federal Bauru of Investigation could not intervene in personal state affairs on accounts of murder, but they could track stolen cars instead

Power can be a good thing, but too much power can be scary. J Edgar Hoover was the first Director of the FBI who was authoritative in all he did. He was known for accomplishing many things while in office. J Edgar Hoover was a revolutionary figure known for his power and influence in the FBI. He grew up in a family of people in government, which brought him closer to wanting a career in government. He wanted to be in politics, so he took action. He worked for the Library of Congress after high school

This unique number is assigned by the computer system that is used to track the call for service. These date and times measure the displays of these dates and the times of importance for the call. These are the type of calls that are either an arbitrary number in which is descriptive of the terms specifying in this type of call like speeding too fast for conditions. A report number is a unique number that is used to track the traffic crash, which is often reported to the police. The date and time

When one thinks of the FBI, an image of utmost intelligence and professionalism comes to mind, however it was not always this way. Preceding the intricate and expert agency that takes care of national crimes and issues today, there was J. Edgar Hoover and his group of ragtag investigators. In the 1930’s, the FBI was just being founded, rising on the back of the growing organized crime that was taking place all throughout America. Bryan Burrough, author and journalist, takes his readers through this

The FBI / US Attorney is a series of contemporary romance novels by lawyer turned New York Times Bestselling author Julie James. James published the first of the FBI / US Attorney series of novels, Something About You in 2010 and had written five more titles in the series by 2015. The series is one of the very first legal contemporary romance novel and hence in some way Julie James can be said to be a pioneer of the genre. The series has a variety of protagonists though they share the characteristic

disregard for basic human rights,” and further contributed to corruption of President Harding’s administration; this also resulted in a negative perception of the FBI. Ironically, to fix the FBI’s image, “Attorney General Stone named 29-year old J. Edgar Hoover Acting Director of the Bureau of Investigation.” Hoover’s actions in the years to come mirrored those of his beginning days in office. Everything he did help shape the FBI as a powerful component of the government, but his actions were often