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There is no single piece of definitive, publicly available proof that J. Edgar Hoover was homosexual; historians and journalists point to circumstantial patterns—his lifelong unmarried status, decades...
Contemporary press and politicians did circulate rumors and occasional public insinuations about J. Edgar Hoover’s sexuality during his lifetime, but mainstream newspapers and many reputable historian...
Primary evidence that J. Edgar Hoover was homosexual is indirect and fragmentary: surviving FBI records show the Bureau monitored and suppressed rumors about Hoover’s sexuality, contemporary witnesses...
Historians and biographers disagree sharply about what to make of long-standing claims that J. Edgar Hoover was sexually attracted to men: some authors (e.g., Anthony Summers) conclude he was homosexu...
Declassified FBI files include "Official & Confidential" materials and other records that document how J. Edgar Hoover monitored, investigated and sought to suppress rumors about his own sexuality and...
The Warren Commission concluded in 1964 that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone and that there was “no credible evidence” of a conspiracy . Over six decades of alternative theories—implicating the CIA, the...