10 May 1924-100 years ago j. Edger Hoover became head of the FBI

10 May 1924, 100 years ago , j Edger Hoover , head of the  FBI

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00:0010 May 1924, 100 years ago, John Hagar Hoover became head of the FBI, who would hold this

00:11post until the end of his days. John Hagar Hoover was an American statesman who served

00:19as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for almost half a century. From 1924 until

00:27his death in 1972, heading the Bureau of Investigation renamed the FBI in 1935. At the age of 29,

00:37Hoover survived the Great Depression, Roosevelt's reform, World War II, the early stage of the

00:45Cold War, the Korean and Vietnam War, always being one of the most influential figures

00:52in the United States. While noting John Hoover's services to the country, many accused him

01:00of numerous abuses of power. The contradiction of his figure and the extraordinary length

01:07of his tenure became the reason that, after him, the maximum term of service for FBI director

01:17was set at 10 years.