Topic: 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

Apr 7,

1924

Harlan Fiske Stone Becomes Attorney General; Ends Justice Department Abuses

May 10,

1924

J. Edgar Hoover Appointed Head of Bureau of Investigation, Ordered to End Violations of Civil Liberties

May 13,

1924

Attorney General Stone Orders J. Edgar Hoover to Clean up Bureau of Investigation

Jan 15,

1929

Martin Luther King, Jr. is Born

Feb 7,

1935

Fingerprint Everyone! FBI Begins National Program

Aug 24,

1936

FDR Authorizes FBI to Resume Political Spying

Feb 20,

1937

National Lawyers Guild, Alternative to ABA, is Organized

Sep 2,

1939

FBI Memo Launches Notorious Custodial Detention Index

Sep 30,

1942

FBI Creates “Obscene File,” Opens Crusade Against Pornography

Jul 16,

1943

Attorney General Biddle Orders FBI to End Detention List – J. Edgar Hoover Ignores Order, Renames List

Jul 17,

1946

President Truman Authorizes FBI Wiretapping

Apr 10,

1947

Reagan “Names Names” to the FBI

Feb 9,

1950

“McCarthyism” is Born

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

Sep 17,

1952

Charlie Chaplin Sails for England – Visa Revoked

Feb 18,

1954

Cover-up: CIA Not Required to Report Criminal Conduct

May 20,

1954

Attorney General Brownell Advises FBI to Evade Supreme Court Decision on Eavesdropping

Mar 8,

1956

Notorious FBI COINTELPRO Program Approved

Mar 9,

1956

J. Edgar Hoover Tells President Eisenhower “Brown” Decision to Blame for “Rising Tensions”

Oct 10,

1963

AG Robert Kennedy Approves FBI Wiretaps on Martin Luther King

Dec 23,

1963

FBI Develops Infamous Plan to “Neutralize” Dr. Martin Luther King

Jan 5,

1964

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

May 20,

1964

FBI Can’t Decode “Louie Louie” Lyrics; U.S. Will Not Prosecute

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

Nov 18,

1964

FBI Director Hoover Calls Martin Luther King the “Most Notorious Liar”

May 28,

1965

FBI Investigates Actor Rock Hudson for “Homosexual Tendencies”

Jul 19,

1966

FBI Admits (to itself) That “Black Bag” Jobs (Burglaries) Are Illegal

Jun 16,

1967

LBJ Orders No Wiretapping — Sort Of

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!

Sep 30,

1970

“A Rock Group of Some Sort:” FBI Investigates The Grateful Dead

Mar 8,

1971

Activists Raid FBI Office in Media, PA; Steal Documents, Expose Notorious COINTELPRO Program

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

Apr 10,

1972

Charlie Chaplin Receives Honorary Oscar, 20 Years After Being Excluded From U.S.

May 2,

1972

J. Edgar Hoover, Long-Time FBI Director, Dies

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

Jul 14,

1975

FBI Director Admits to History of Illegal “Black Bag” (Burglary) Jobs

Jan 29,

1976

House Suppresses Pike Committee Report on CIA Abuses

Feb 16,

1976

“The CIA Report the President Doesn’t Want You to Read”

Nov 18,

1977

KKK Member Convicted in 1963 Birmingham, AL, Church Bombing

Dec 9,

1983

FBI Ordered to Pay Jim Peck $25,000 for Assault as Freedom Rider

Oct 23,

2015

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

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