edgar hoover, the head of the fbi. hoover wanted control of the investigation, but he didn't have it because of the texas authorities, it was the dallas police department's jurisdiction. so hoover told all his fbi agents that flooded into dallas the next day, find a conspiracy, because as long as you can find a conspiracy, then the fbi can run the investigation. so that's what all the fbi guys were looking for. they couldn't find it. >> in your book, you write that hoover's comments about the act of many, not one lone individual. you're right about city and the state, they had jurisdiction. but hoover came out and told everybody, jfk, rfk and the media that he was going to take control of it because he felt there was a conspiracy. >> hoover wanted it to be a conspiracy, because he wanted russians to be involved, they wanted all that. but he couldn't find it. >> you think hoover went looking for -- >> there's no doubt, find the conspiracy, find the people who did this. >> president kennedy was wearing a back brace that

edgar hoover. he would chat up mr. hoover, compliment him, he would bring back little knicknacks from the road for j. edgar hoover, who probably through them -- threw them in the trash can when their good left. >> host: 'thurgood got along with j. edgar and dr. king did not. what do you attribute that to? >> well, hoover detested the klu klux klan. he detested them. so marshall would get these horrific stories about the klan and say, mr. hoover, i was in florida and saw these 12 klans men walking down the street. they owned this little town. you fbi has to do something about that. y'all got to clean that town up. and hoover would get worked up. where did you see them senate he would just get worked up. and marshall kept needling hoover. >> a lot of their relationship was based on the fact that marshall was a lawyer. he believed in the rule of law and at least hoover held himself out as one giving fidelity to the rule of law. was there a commonality in their approach to problem-solving? >> yes, marshall was very careful

this is what the communist call their current activities to discredit j edgar hoover.arty has given top priority to operation abolition and has assigned agents trained in propaganda to this project. scenes you will be viewing were taken by newsreel during thers hearings on the committee of un-american activities in san francisco california on may 12, 1960., and may 14 communistee the practices, in which a few well-trained agents are able to incite and use non-communist sympathizers to perform the dirty work of the communist party. , secondee archie brown in command of the commons party in california, and the leader of the international longshoremen's union. ralph isaac, one of the top communist propagandists, was welcome guest of the red chinese government while american soldiers were giving lives in the korean war. walkster,ee douglas an agent. william mandel, another communist propagandist. he served the conspiracy in the field of radio and television. wilkinson,frank recently convicted of contempt .f congress, charged the west coast headquarters -- you'll see those

edgar hoover. the most prominent gay communist pioneer, i have read his memoir and a leading biography of him, fascinating. the take is he was expelled from the economy this movement because he was homosexual. it looks more like he left because he knew it would, this the communist party problems if he stayed has a homosexual. he says the communist party usa did look the other way on certain homosexuals. will greer who played rand paul ball and on wall ands was the gay lover of harry a. who brought him into the communist party. so he had always been homosexual but he was drawn into the communist movement by will geer. here is the fascinating fearing that compelled me to stick my neck out and make a lot of people hate me for writing this book, for talking about this subject. i started noticing, i read everyday people's world which is the web site, successor publication to the daily worker which was the soviet directed and funded mouthpiece of communist party usa for a century. it is the successor. i

edgar hoover was given the task of coming up with leaders in the german community and in the japanese community who were, after pearl harbor, immediately rounded up. they can't in crystal city became the center of the presidents prisoner exchange program -- that camp in crystal city -- people from all over the world came to crystal city and the government said to them, we will reunite you with your families but if we need to repatriate you or to then come yet to sign this document saying that you would agree to go. that was the price for reuniting their family. my book focuses on two families, one german american and one japanese american. i'm going to show you the face of sumi. sumi is a japanese american, now she is 90 but here she is very cute with a yellow ribbon in her hair standing in a white dress with her father, tom, who is a photographer in los angeles. he was the most successful japanese photographer in california. and that's the reason he was immediately arrested because of the hoover and the code was very concerned about anyone taking photographs of military installations

this is what the communist call their current discredit its director, j edgar hoover. has givenist party top priority to operation abolition and has assigned agents trained in propaganda and education to this project. the scenes which you will be by newsreel taken photographers during hearings of the committee on un-american activities in san francisco, 12, 13, andon may 14, 1960. during the next few minutes, you will see revealed, the longtime, classic communist tactic in which a relatively few well-trained, hard-core communist agents are able to incite and use non-communist sympathizers perform the dirty work of the communist party. you will see archie brown, the second in command of the communist party in california. harry bridges, an international communist agent, and leader of the international longshoremen's union, who recently returned from conferences held with other leaders of communist-led longshoremen's groups. ralph, one of the top communist s, who was a welcome guest of the red chinese government while american soldiers were giving their lives in the korea

edgar hoover's tenure as director. as you know, j. edgar did some awful, terrible things, in his life, and as fbi director. he started the coin tell pro, how do you pronounce that? >> i think you got it. >> which harassed civil rights workers, snik people, slc people, dr. king in particular, others, political activists and homosexuals. he was abusive. he was the opposite of justice. his efforts to silence dr. king and out homosexuals working for the federal government were deplorable and a stain on our nation's history and fbi. it's been reported that at one point he had a letter sent to dr. king threatening to expose all kinds of private information collected surreptitiously. the letter appeared to suggest dr. king should kill himself to save himself from embarrassment. king, one thing left for you to do, you know what it is, you have 34 days in which to do it, you're done. there's but one way out for you, you better take it before your filthy abnormal fraudulent self is beared to the nation. this was the head of the fbi. treatment o

fbi director j edgar hoover reported the correct timing of the bridges on arrival, and congress and willis said the errortary is an -- is in in stating he arrived at city hall before the writing broke out. order had certainly been restored when this film was the scene was filmed, because this took his saturday, the day after the fire hosing. here is archie brown, a subpoenaed witness, described as playing a major role in inciting the demonstrations. he is doing no inciting here, because one of these scenes took place on friday, and another on saturday, both after the firehose incident. the committee would have you think the students are as -- guilty of associate with archie bronson because they were also at city hall. in the sequence, brown is exercising his right in shooting leaflets. this is morrow brodsky, another witness, described as participating in the singing and chanting demonstrations outside of the hearing room. brodsky was acting ability on his own. when he tried to get cooperation from student monitors, he got a flat turned down. here is douglas walker. the committee falsely c

j edgar hoover has reported the correct time of bridges arrival.merce and walter finally "that the commentary is in error, and that bridges was escorted before the writing broke out -- rioting broke out." order had been restored when the scene was filled, because this took place the day after the fire hosing. this is archie brown described inplaying a major role inciting the demonstrations. he is doing no inciting here, because one of these scenes took place on friday, and one on saturday, both after the firehose incident. the committee would have you think the students are guilty of associating with him because they were also at city hall. in the present sequence, he is exercising his legal rights in disturbing leaflets. , describedle brodsky as participating in the chanting and singing demonstrations outside the hearing room. he was acting completely on his own. when he tried to get cooperation from the students, he got a flat turned down. the committee falsely claims this man claimed an important part in the student demonstration. walkner is, do

edgar hoover's fbi, anyway, as public enemy number one.ry of strong black men holding weapons. internally what the fbi and nixon saw as the real threat from the panthers was -- >> the popularity. with the killing of martin luther king, my organization spread across the country. it went beyond the black panther party. >> the panthers' aims were by today's standards shockingly moderate. equality and education, housing, employment, and basic civil rights. but the image of black men with guns was too much for the america of 1966. >> right after nixon is sworn in, i've got the watergate tape. j. edgar, you've got to get rid of these black panthers for me. what have you been doing? how are you doing this now? i want you to move and get rid of these black panthers. the man has just been sworn. the president of the united states. >> raids are launched on panther strong points around the country. the arrests are many. >> the fbi did everything they could to eradicate them. >> the panthers said the police have broken in and killed one man at close r

edgar hoover who was tarred and feathered and smeared and made fun of. they portrayed him as a cross dresser they called them transvestite and when the left does not like you they to be the biggest homophobe on the planet so they really went after him. perrier is the most prominent gay communist pioneer. a was expelled from the communist movement because he was homosexual but it looks more like he left because he knew it would cause problems if he stayed and even said they did book the other way. and will who play grandpa of the waltons was the gay lover of perrier's who brought him into the communist barkeeper party. been here is the fascinating case that compelled me to stick my neck out. i started to notice a few years ago. every day i read people's world which is the web site to the daily worker that was a soviet funded mouthpiece of communist party usa for a century i read it every day communist party usa web site because this is my field. i cannot be ignorant and make up things. that is interesting because i find the left does not read i will get n

edgar hoover. worked very closely in the fbi. >> yes. >> seth: that is amazing to me. but anyone's father would do that. but was that a unique childhood, having that be the case? >> well, dad was a very quiet -- very private about his work life. and he did not talk about it very often. but he was hoover's ghostwriter, he wrote his books, his speeches. >> seth: wow. >> took care of all of his correspondence, and his office was directly next door. so he was, in fact, very close to him. >> seth: so never brought his work home with him? >> well, he did once. he brought home a prepublication copy of the warren commission, the report about the jfk assassination. and my mother is -- curious and a little nosey. >> seth: okay. >> and that evening, mother has disappeared, we hear the bath water running. in the bathroom. dad realizes that the warren commission report is gone. [ laughter ] and he goes to the bathroom, it's locked. she won't open the door. he doesn't debate it, he doesn't threaten, he doesn't do anything other than quickly disappear. he's gone to the garage, he com

j edgar hoover tried to deny him burial in arlington because he had been a communist, but you know what they said, he qualified twice. upcomingowers, an movie with tom hanks about the swap of him with russians spies. look at the date here. january twice-- seven. did you realize that five calendar days account for all ..s. space fatalities pete conrad. he was the lunar module pilot. .e is aired in section 7a jim erwin. commander of the challenger. michael smith. there is the unidentifiable remains of the challenger astronauts. murphy, right across the street from the amphitheater. anthony mccall and, brigadier mcauliffe, brigadier general. when ordered to surrender, he no., i've heard that was edited. five of the nine stars were buried at arlington. funeral insenhower's 1969. we were called out. mitt's.. romney, i see a staff car coming my way with two red flags. salute aoing to special officer, and as soon as i know he cannot see my eyes or the driver, there was a feeble my salute.eturned it was omar bradley, returning my salute. george marshall. half arnold. .illiam leahy john foster d

j edgar hoover tried to deny him burial at arlington because he had been a communist. twice to be buried in arlington national cemetery. francis gary powers upcoming movie with tom hanks about the swap of him for some russian spies. chaffee, -- january 27. fiveou realize that calendar days from january 27 to february 1 would come from all -- spacelities fatalities? p conrad, and original. remembers him, but you see his granddaughters on the usaa ad that says mine was earned orbiting the moon in 1972. he was a loonier -- lunar modular pilot. commander of the challenger, michael smith. there is the unidentifiable remains of the challenger astronauts and memorial. murphy right across the street from the amphitheater. anthony mcauliffe, brigadier general. use commending the 101st airborne -- he was commanding the 101st airborne. .'ve heard that was edited five of the 95 stars are buried at arlington. andy tomb, -- at the tomb, we were called off. regular sized guy, secretary of commerce for nixon. is over, allmony these guys are coming down the steps. officer.general seeoo

edgar hoover tried to deny him burial in arlington because he was a commie and they said he qualifies twice. francis gary powers, an upcoming movie about him. gus grissom and roger chafee. also in the "apollo 1"fire. did you realize five calendar days account for all u.s. space fay fayty t fatalities. pete conrad. an original. if you read the "right stuff" you know he was an original. stuart roosa, you've seen his granddaughters on the ussa ad, saying mine was earned. i just showed him with the astronauts. jim irwin. dick scobee commander of the "challenger." the unidentified remains of the "challenger" astronauts. and audi murphy right across the street from the amphitheater. anthony mcauliffe. he was a brigadier general. he was commanding the 101st airborne when ordered to surrender, he said, natz. i've heard that was edited. five of the nine five stars are buried at arie in arlington. i was at eisenhower's funeral opening doors on march 30th of 1969. it was our day off at the tomb so we were called off. the first door i get the shah of iran. the next door is highly salasi and then

edgar hoover: bobby, this is director hoover, the president has been shot. [sobbing]. is a bulletin from cbs news. in dallas, texas three shots were fired at president kennedy's motorcade in downtown dallas. the first reports say that president kennedy has been seriously wounded by this shooting. repeating, president kennedy has been shot by a would-be assassin in dallas, texas. kenneth o'donnell: governor connally has been taken upstairs for surgery. lyndon johnson: well how's the president? kenneth o'donnell: it looks bad. he's still uh, somehow he; he's still breathing. the doctors are with him. lyndon johnson: i'm in your hands kenny, what should i do? kenneth o'donnell: i uh, i'll let you know as soon as i hear about the president. lee harvey oswald: taxi! [sirens]. lee harvey oswald: 500 north beckley. [sirens]. william whaley: what the hell? i wonder what all the uproar is. [sirens]. jackie kennedy: i want to be with my husband. doris nelson: i'm sorry mrs. kennedy. jackie kennedy: i want to be with my husband. doris nelson: you can't, the doctors are doing ever

franklin roosevelt and j edgar hoover, in charge of these things to some degree, by the second worldy want to avoid their mistakes but particular the criticism that was ultimately directed at the government for these prosecutions. susan: the other question was about tracing lineage back to the civil war and adams. thomas: the caller is exactly right. there was a national history in which the government got the authority to clamp down on expressions of opposition. we had internal dissent, and the civil war. i think the courts and the congress were relatively comfortable with the idea that these kinds of restrictions in a time of war were not undue restrictions on free speech. susan: carl in delaware. what is your question? >> susan, thank you for a another quality broadcast. i want to say, that was a really good insight about edward snowden, our attitudes as a society affect his prosecution. just to pick up on the last caller, if your guests could take the schenck decision forward, if you see any parallels to the patriot act, in terms of suspension of the first amendment and maybe the

but other precedents are really rejected and franklin roosevelt in particular and jay edgar hoover whos to some degree by the second world war they really want to not only avoid some of the mistakes but in particular avoid some of the public criticism that was ultimately directed at the government for some of these prosecutions twnks other question was about tracing the lineage back to civil war in lincoln. >> the caller is exactly right. there was a national history in which the government had gotten the authority to clamp down on expressions of opposition. we had internal dissent. in fact, of course we had the civil war. and so, i think the courts and the congress were relatively comfortable with the idea that these times of restrictions in a time of war were not undue restrictions on free speech. >> carl in delaware. what's your question, carl? >> caller: hi, susan. thanks for another quality broadcast. i first wanted to say that was a really good insight earlier about edward snowden that our attitudes as a society will affect his prosecution. but i guess just to pick up on the last