now, your enemies, and of course,j edgar hoover was enemy number one, in the sense that he saw you asecurity of the united states, they accused the black panthers of all sorts of criminality... mm—hm. ..and wrongdoing. but interestingly, there are historians, black historians, who've also looked at the black panthers, and i don't know whether you have read his book, but hugh pearson, a respected african—american author and journalist, he wrote a book on the black panthers, in which he said this, "the truth is," he says, "huey newton organised hit squads, while his elite cadre of enforcers shook down local businesses for contributions, extorted money from pimps and drug dealers. these guys ran protection rackets." is that true? i truly do not know if it's true or not. what i do know is that's not what we were doing. the bigger "we" of the party members. i was working at a school that the party started for two and a half to 12—year—olds. not to cover for anything, but because i love children and i wanted them to have a quality of education that they deserve. and we worked closely with t

j. edgar hoover's f.b.i. started to follow fred and put him on their list, listing him as a key militant leader. they went so far as to hire a fellow by the name of william o'neill, a street-wise black criminal and operative as and f.b.i. agent. as and f.b.i. informant. he was assigned as they report back to them about our every move, our every activity. and then, mr. speaker, on december 4, 1969, at about 4:00 a.m. in the morning. chicago police department along with the f.b.i. and cook county state's attorney. they entered into an apartment at 2377 west monroe where my friend lived and where my friends were staying. they came with the premeditated plan to murder, to murder me and any other person that they saw in that apartment. they came armed with machine guns, high-powered pistols intent on killing everyone in that apartment. they came of executing a warrant but had every intention of murdering fred hampton and others in that apartment. they killed fred. mr. speaker, let me make clear. throughout america

j. edgar hoover. for generations republicans defended hoover because he was conservative.th is no one should defend the operation blackmail by permanent sectors in the u.s. government against elected officials because that defeats the whole idea of democracy which is the people rule through their representatives. that's crazy. that anyone would ever defend that or put up with it or, you know, not seek to root it out completely. we're putting it up with it now with christopher wray. i'm glad you said that. >> jesse: if you have a house republican hearing next year and they're putting out documents and wire transfers and whistleblower testimony, witness testimony, this thing is too big to keep a lid on. do you think the media is going to be able to do that? >> well, for sure, they will certainly try and thank heaven for substack and rumble and fox news for being independent enough for being independent enough to tell the truth but what is happening. the last election was influenced by the fbi. if this were happening in another country, in the third world country the state de

very concerning, given the history of the fbi under j edgar hoover.here sometimes. maria: what are we going to do about it? i mean, it's clear that they tried to change an election and they did so by amplifying lies and a suppressing truth and media went along with it. >> yeah, it's very concerning and i think the way to contrast this, maria, is that the telephone companies, t-mobile, verizon, they really forced the fbi to give subpoenas when they want records on people. and really make sure theys justify it and in this case you have this sort of very pleasant relationship between management and the fbi, they're almost saying, hey, sure, we'll do you this favor, we'll do this, check out anything you want and remove anything you want. and when it comes to elections, doing that is potentially manipulative and i worry about that greatly as a citizen. maria: absolutely. dagen. dagen: ameal, with elon musk overseeing twitter,s he's released all of this information, now the question is what's going on at the monstrosities of technology, i call them, the fiv

j. edgar hoover where they were listening to everybody, recording calls, creating dossiers of people to hold them accountable. what we're hearing from these file release, what we're seeing, and it is not just twitter, it is coming from facebook as well, the fbi, the department of homeland security has been putting their finger on the scale pretty darn heavily. jonathan turley has got an op-ed you're seeing congressional democrats trying to force facebook to keep donald trump off. the government is very much involved to a very terrifying level what type of content is promoted, removed. it is very type of thing that not only goes directly against our freedom of speech, our first amendment rights but is the type of actions that undermines faith in democracies and that is how democracies fall. go ahead. gerry: so, again as they say, look, it is our job as law enforcement to protect the country particularly from external threats. we saw external intervention in the election in 2016 with russia. we know there was foreign intelligence agencies were trying to intervene. it is just our job to in

j. edgar hoover and the secret service in 1963.o tell the secret service very much, and the other intriguing question is, we know that edgar hoover hated kennedy. was very close to lyndon johnson, who was his neighbor in washington. i'm not suggesting that he deliberately did this, but you know, there may have been benign neglect that hoover may have said, okay, if kennedy is going to do these things i don't like, maybe i'm not going to strain too hard to protect him, especially in a city like dallas where the violence of the radical right had been expressed. >> and when you think about all of this, the president of mexico helped the cia with surveillance of oswald. they were tracking him. they knew exactly where he was. >> totally. >> it seems -- >> the two together were taking pictures of coming to those embassies. there were pictures of oswald literally on the doorstep. we believe that there were tapes of what he might have said with him on the telephone. so there's a big history of oswald dealing with the soviets and the cubans

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j. edgar hoover neanderthal at the fbi. so and and so this is this is an important, important part of the part of the story. so that that the president understood landing of of of decisions that would get and would sort of be accepted to all americans, certainly his approach. who was the most famous, most popular, most beloved republican in the united states in 1962? it was dwight eisenhower and dwight eisenhower wasn't actually just a beloved republicans, a beloved american. he had enormous prestige. so many americans had fought under him. world war two, all american of a certain age, remember him as of the great victors of that terrible. john kennedy needed dwight eisenhower to be on his side. and john kennedy's to to eisenhower is a is a beautiful story because involves his brother and his brother's relationship with john mccone republican the second director of central intelligence for, the kennedy administration, who was also republican. and it was important the for john kennedy to know that mckone was board with the d

that but i'm talking about people who have an opinion that youee disagree with that fits into j edgar hoover these folks need to be watched, martin luther king's off the world the student nonviolent movements of the world they need to be watched they are un-american, the american indian movement of the world and the black panthers little infiltrated not because of the terrorist but there the centers. >> yes it's been a long list of things that need to be. looked into but let's start with clemency for leonard. [applause] >> i think we have one more very quick comment and right before we close were going to end with a little song, i want to thinker speakers once again before we break, thank you guys so much for taking the time to do this and especially being on the spotlight so long in front of l the bright lights, we really appreciate it, thank you so much for everyone who showed up to this event and the wonderful questions we received along the way and everyone being so engaged with this really is a pleasure. we have one more comment a song, thanks again. >> take you guys so much everyone ve

that fits into that j edgar hoover, these folks need to be washed. the martin luther king's of the world. the student nine -- nonviolence movements of the world, we need to be watched. they are on american. american indian movements of the world, the black panthers, they are infiltrated not because they are terrorists, but because they are dissenters. so, yes. it's a long list of things that need to be looked into. but let's start with clemency for leonard peltier, and move from their. [applause] >> so, i think we have one more, very quick comment, and then, right before we close, we are going to end with a little song. i want to encourage the speakers once again before we bring. thank you so much for taking the time to do this. especially being on the spotlight for so long, in front of the bright lights. we really appreciate it. thank you so much for everyone who has showed up to this event, but wonderful questions we received along the way. really, just everyone being so engaged with this, it really is a pleasure. so, we have one more comment, a so

j. edgar hoover addressing the 53rd graduating class in washington speaking to the benefit that the federal himself and his quite complicated legacy are the subject of a new book, the first major biography of his life released in decades titled "g-man." and named as one of the top ten books reviewed by staff at "the atlantic" and today the book's author beverly gage joins us. it is hard to -- just the length of the tenure. director from 1924 to the death in 1972. almost unfathomable that one man wields so much power for so long. >> yeah. the book is the story of how he did that and making that power happen. he was 29 when he became director under coolidge and there until the day he died under nixon so a vast swath of the century and how the american security state was built. >> give us a primer. what are the high and low points of his tenure. >> hoover is a pure creature of washington. born in washington in 1895 and died in washington in 1972 and deep in the government the whole time. started out as a reformer. a believer of good government but the fbi had abuses and the things that we thin

but i'm talking about people who just have an opinion you disagree with, that fits into that j edgar hoover, these folks need to be watched, the margin with king's of the world, you know? the student nonviolent movements of the world. they need to be watched. they are an american, the american indian movements of the world, the black panthers, infiltrated not because they are terrorists, but because they are dissenters. into. but let's so, you know, yes. it's in the long list of things that need to be looked into. let's start with clemency for leonard peltier and then move in. ... [applause] >> i think we have one more very quick comment, and right before we close, we are going to end with a little song. i want to thank our speakers, once again, before we break. thank you guys, so much, for taking the time to do, this especially being on the spotlight salon, in front of the bright lights. we really appreciate it. thank you so much for everyone who has showed up to this event, the wonderful questions we received along the way, and, really, just everyone being so engaged with this, it really

j edgar hoover felt like the greatest risk was a black society.n things were looking gloomy -- we have to get behind someone who is more in tune to the average american white, black or whatever. have plans on making sure -- there are two behaviors. but we have the most loyal people. they have not given black people an inch. thank you. host: on the line from tampa, florida is mark. calling on the democratic line. go ahead. >> i wanted to comment on your segment about covid-19. covid-19 was a new virus. we did not know much about it. we were always learning new things. we can only go off of the information that we had at the time. as we learn more, things would change and announce those things , but one of the most dangerous things and things that happened was president trump was told by his national security advisor's. he was told that it would be a terrible situation for the u.s. and trump was saying that you just grieved the area and that is how it is passed. it is very tricky and this is debbie stuff, yet publicly, he was saying, one person comi

j edgar hoover felt like the greatest risk was a black society.n things were looking gloomy -- we have to get behind someone who is more in tune to the average american white, black or whatever. have plans on making sure -- there are two behaviors. but we have the most loyal people. they have not given black people an inch. thank you. host: on the line from tampa, florida is mark. calling on the democratic line. go ahead. >> i wanted to comment on your segment about covid-19. covid-19 was a new virus. we did not know much about it. we were always learning new things. we can only go off of the information that we had at the time. as we learn more, things would change and announce those things , but one of the most dangerous things and things that happened was president trump was told by his national security advisor's. he was told that it would be a terrible situation for the u.s. and trump was saying that you just grieved the area and that is how it is passed. it is very tricky and this is debbie stuff, yet publicly, he was saying, one person comi