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The FBI’s Hollywood Files: How JFK, Liberace and John Lennon Found Themselves Targets of Federal Agents

Published by Front Page Detectives The FBI has an image. The clean-cut, dark-suit, sunglass, earpiece. The ones who are called in to help local police or when there is a serious crime. It’s an image the agency has created from its inception by J. Edgar Hoover. But, whether for Hoover’s political gain or investigative purposes, […]

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Dec 29, 2023 - 19:00

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The FBI’s Hollywood Files: How JFK, Liberace and John Lennon Found Themselves Targets of Federal Agents

Published by
Front Page Detectives

The FBI has an image. The clean-cut, dark-suit, sunglass, earpiece. The ones who are called in to help local police or when there is a serious crime. It’s an image the agency has created from its inception by J. Edgar Hoover. But, whether for Hoover’s political gain or investigative purposes, the agency has gone beyond its initial scope on occasion. Hoover used the FBI to harass and bully any potential threats. The agency has used the newest technology to track, investigate and watch seemingly anyone it chooses. Those in Hollywood are no exception. The FBI targeted magazines that printed gossi…