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Index: FBI

Jan 1,

1895

J. Edgar Hoover, Longtime Head of FBI, is Born

Jan 6,

1915

Don Edwards, “Rights Champion” in Congress, is Born

Aug 1,

1919

J. Edgar Hoover Appointed Head of General Intelligence Division; Prepares for Palmer Raids

Feb 7,

1935

Fingerprint Everyone! FBI Begins National Program

Feb 20,

1937

National Lawyers Guild, Alternative to ABA, is Organized

Sep 2,

1939

FBI Memo Launches Notorious Custodial Detention Index

Apr 10,

1947

Reagan “Names Names” to the FBI

Nov 30,

1950

Author of Book Critical of the FBI Attacked, Smeared on the Floor of Congress

Mar 10,

1952

“Kill the Lawyers:” Smith Act Trial Attorneys Contempt Convictions Upheld

Mar 8,

1956

Notorious FBI COINTELPRO Program Approved

Jan 5,

1964

FBI Installs First “Bug” in Martin Luther King’s Hotel Room

Jul 30,

1964

FBI Adds KKK to Notorious COINTELPRO Program

Aug 25,

1964

FBI Spies on Civil Rights Groups at Democrats’ Convention — Under Orders from President Johnson

May 28,

1965

FBI Investigates Actor Rock Hudson for “Homosexual Tendencies”

Aug 25,

1967

J. Edgar Hoover Authorizes COINTELPRO Action Against Black Panther Party

May 9,

1968

J. Edgar Hoover Orders FBI COINTELPRO Action Against New Left Organizations

May 7,

1969

Women Picket White House – FBI Sees National Security Threat!

Aug 19,

1971

Nixon White House Requests Bogus FBI Investigation of Daniel Schorr

Sep 3,

1971

FBI to Investigate Police Violence Against Latinos, African-Americans in Bridgeport, CT

Oct 29,

1971

First-Ever Conference on the FBI

Jan 27,

1975

Senate Creates Church Committee to Investigate Abuses by Intelligence Agencies

Feb 19,

1975

House Creates Pike Committee to Investigate Abuses by the CIA, other Agencies

Jan 29,

1976

House Suppresses Pike Committee Report on CIA Abuses

Nov 18,

1977

KKK Member Convicted in 1963 Birmingham, AL, Church Bombing

Dec 9,

1983

Oct 23,

2015

FBI Director James Comey Blames Police Critics For Recent Rise in Violent Crime

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