Reply #15: Blackmail is how things get done. [View All]

Watergate plumber and right-wing nutjob G Gordon Liddy, when he worked for the FBI, explained how b blackmail worked (Paraphrase from memory from a 1970s or 80s TV interview):

"Mr. Hoover would find out that a Congressman had had too much to drink and had gotten into an accident with his girlfriend. The next morning, Mr. Hoover would send me and another agent over to the Congressman's apartment. We'd knock on the door, identify ourselves and when he'd answer we'd tell him: 'Mr. Hoover is aware of the unfortunate accident last night. He wants you to know that he's doing everything in his power to keep it out of the press.' Of course, the Congressman would get the meaning right away. And when the FBI budget came up for review, that Congressman would vote for an increase. It worked every time."

Sorry, the only link is in my memory.

More on the subject:

J Edgar Hoover (Spartacus Schoolnet)

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAhooverE.htm


J. Edgar Hoover With Supercomputers

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/01/05/j_edgar_hoover_with_supercomputers.php


Dirty Politics-- Hoover, Blackmail, Hemingway and Murder.

http://dirtypolitics.50megs.com/hoover.htm



Some (including me) believe J Edgar had the goods on Prescott Bush, Averell Harriman and the rest of the NAZI loving scumsuckers:

George W. Bush - Terrorist in the White House

DARK HISTORY
PAST EVENTS THAT HAVE SHAPED THE WORLD

http://www.nogw.com/dark_history.html

Of course, the CIA had the goods on the cross-dressing Hoover:


Know your BFEE: Corrupt Craftsmen Hoover and Dulles

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3908104