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J.Edgar Hoover and the position of the FBI

J.Edgar Hoover and the position of the FBI  (How Mrs. Ruth Vanderbildt-Towny knew the length of the prohibition law?) Kimmo Huosionmaa J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972) was one of the most complicated characters of the history of the United States of America. He was the man, who led FBI from the age of 24 until his death at the age of 77 in 1972. He was the head of the FBI from its establishment in the year 1924 until his death and the years in the service were 59. During the prohibition law, that man worked against corruption, and he got very much success. In the early years, FBI was known as BOI (Bureau of Investigations  (or Intelligence)) and in the year 1935 that office took the name FBI (Federal Bureau of investigations), and there is one remarkable thing in the history of that bureau. During the Second World War, the president of the United States offered Hoover the rank of the General Lieutenant. And the problem was, that the president of the United States would be t...