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> reducible to a single man's nuttiness, that of J. Edgar Hoover ...which demonstrates that the executive branch wields a disproportionate amount of power, doe
by jdc 13y ago
> reducible to a single man's nuttiness, that of J. Edgar Hoover
...which demonstrates that the executive branch wields a disproportionate amount of power, does it not?
- asveikau 13y agoI guess FBI is the executive branch, but one of the sneaky things about Hoover was his ability to transcend and defy presidents. A bit different from recent events with Bush and Obama in that sense. In this most recent iteration of the NSA story it seems like all three branches failed, with congress not giving enough of a crap and the courts rubber stamping everything.
- philwelch 13y ago> but one of the sneaky things about Hoover was his ability to transcend and defy presidents That's one of the reasons he's a suspect in the JFK assassination. The best part of this theory is the implication that discreetly disclosing each new president on exactly how JFK was assassinated tends to get them in line.