The revelation has exposed the activities of the intelligence agency that prides itself for its discreet operations.
The more apt comparison to Patel in FBI history lies with Hoover’s immediate predecessor, William J. Burns, who served as director from 1921 through 1924. Burns was a well-known author and owner ...
Some observers have compared Patel to J. Edgar Hoover, the domineering FBI director between 1924 and 1972 who was renowned for FBI abuses. In 1956, Hoover created COINTELPRO, an illegal ...