GREAT MOMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE FBI."[Your information is] too precise, too complete to be believed. The questionnaire plus the other information you brought spell out in detail exactly where, when, how, and by whom we are to be attacked. If anything, it sounds like a trap." FBI response to the top British spy, Dusan Popov (code named "Tricycle") on August 10, 1941, dismissing Popov's report of the complete Japanese plan for the attack on Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor: The Verdict Of History by Gordon Prange, appendix 7 published in 1986. Based on records from the JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack, Nov 15, 1945 to May 31, 1946. |
GREAT MOMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE FBI PART 2.In 1964, accusations that the song "Louie Louie" as recorded by The Kingstons contained obscene lyrics led to a two year FBI effort to analyze the recording to determine what was actually being sung ... before someone mentioned that the lyrics were on file at the US Copyright office. |
FBI Tries to
keep the lid on J. Edgar Hoover's "lifestyle"
From 1943, a letter instructing a field agent how to respond to emerging rumors regarding Hoover's sexuality. |
The FBI announces a suspect in the Atlanta BombingRemember how the network anchors tried to pin this on the militias? From Reuter's: Guard Suspect in Olympic Bomb |