“Charles and Ann Morrow Lindbergh, the baby’s parents, even declined [FBI Director J. Edgar] Hoover’s offer to meet,” John Oller writes in “Gangster Hunters: How Hoover’s G-men ...

But if that were to occur, it would not be the first time. The agency's longest serving director, J. Edgar Hoover, authorized covert harassment campaigns against perceived enemies like the Rev.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

In an appearance on MSNBC, I warned that, if confirmed, Patel “would be like if you crossed Alex Jones with J. Edgar Hoover.” It’s an assessment that I stand behind three weeks later, even as Patel’s ...

“We’re seeing naked announcements that the bureau is going to be used as a political weapon,” says Pulitzer-prize winning historian Beverly Gage and author of “G Man: J. Edgar Hoover and ...

The FBI wasn’t out to get only lawbreakers. Hoover was bent on disrupting, demeaning and neutralizing the effectiveness of groups and individuals he deemed subversive or a threat to his warped ...

MSNBC's Ayman Mohyeldin is joined by former U.S. Attorney’s Barbara McQuade and Harry Litman to discuss the threat Patel poses and what J. Edgar Hoover’s infamous reign at the FBI can teach us.