One article, by Rowland, claimed that some of the leaders of the FBI were gay. In response, #ClydeTolson (1900–75), #JEdgarHoover’s very, very close friend, urged, “… we should take this crowd on and make them put up or shut up.” Hoover responded, “I concur.”

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J. Edgar Hoover & Clyde Tolson

#JEdgarHoover died #OnThisDay in 1972; his reign of terror as founding FBI director began in 1935 & ended with his death; he concealed his relationship with #ClydeTolson & his trans identity, using the FBI to persecute #LGBTQ people...
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One article, by Rowland, claimed that some of the leaders of the FBI were gay. In response, #ClydeTolson (1900–75), #JEdgarHoover’s very, very close friend, urged, “… we should take this crowd on and make them put up or shut up.” Hoover responded, “I concur.”

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Hoover

#JEdgarHoover was born #OnThisDay in 1895; his reign of terror as founding FBI director began in 1935 & only ended with his death in 1972; he concealed his relationship with #ClydeTolson & his trans identity even as he was using the FBI to persecute #LGBTQ people...
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This is based on paranoid @FBI director Hoover’s awkward, closeted love for his life long @FBI gay partner #ClydeTolson as Hoover’s Chicago FBI under #RichardHeld murdered #FredHampton & then presided over SF @FBI during the #JudiBari assassination attempt, right @FBINAAQuantico?