John Edgar Hoover1924
Appointed Director of the FBI
United States · Politics / Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Appointed Director of the FBI
An FBI agent who opens a case file on Oswald after his defection to the Soviet Union
FBI Agents Fain & Carter interview Oswald about his activities in Russia
FBI Agents Fain & Carter interview Oswald about his activities in Russia
The FBI agent assigned to investigate Lee Harvey Oswald upon Oswalds June 1962 return to the US after his brief defection to the Soviet Union
Investigated by the FBI for inciting a race riot
Concludes for the FBI that Oswald is sole member of the FPC Committee in New Orleans
FBI agent James Hosty visits Paines home to discover where Oswald is living, speaks to both Paine and Marina Oswald
FBI agent James Hosty visits Paines home to discover where Oswald is living, speaks to both Paine and Marina Oswald
Requests the FBI Oswald file from New Orleans, established Oswald is living in Dallas
Receives the New Orleans FBI files & papers on Oswald
Forensic tests by the FBI reveal that the chipped bullet mark impact location did not have any copper metal residue, such as those required by the 6.5 mm military jacketed copper encased bullets, allegedly, fired from the Texas Book Depository
To combat speculation of a conspiracy, Katzenbach said that the results of the FBIs investigation should be made public, he wrote, in part: "The public must be satisfied that Oswald was the assassin; that he did not have confederates who are still at large"
Tells the FBI that he was sure that Oswald was the rifleman he had seen
After the Kennedy assassination, Hosty did not disclose Oswalds letter about Marina to the Warren Commission and destroyed Oswalds letter on his superiors order. Because of this, Hosty attracted speculation as a possible conspirator in several conspiracy theories
Hosty is one of 12 agents reprimanded for investigative improprieties after the release of the Warren Report, and was transferred to the FBIs Kansas City office until his mandatory retirement in 1979
Sometime after being spectrographically examined by the FBI in 1964 the FBI slides containing the trace physical elements of a bullet on the curbstone scar chip disappeared from the evidence
Appointed Deputy Associate Director of the FBI, assisting Associate Director Clyde Tolson
Appointed Associate Director of the FBI, 2nd highest office in the FBI
Only Woodward, Bernstein, and a handful of others knew the informants identity until it was revealed by his family to Vanity Fair magazine as former FBI Assistant Director W. Mark Felt in May 2005
Only Woodward, Bernstein, and a handful of others knew the informants identity until it was revealed by his family to Vanity Fair magazine as former FBI Assistant Director W. Mark Felt in May 2005
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