Hoover's Trouble With Hollywood

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And you thought all the FBI did was nab spies, smash terrorist plots, and probe the president's penis? Well, there once was a time when the bureau's mandate included smacking around those Hollywood wiseasses, some of whom inexplicably liked to ridicule J. Edgar Hoover and his fellow G-men. Here are two FBI memos showing how the bureau tried to protect its good name from the savages (men like Jackie Gleason and Otto Preminger) behind the film "Skidoo." (4 pages)

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Hoover's Trouble With Hollywood