The FBI was alwayseant to be the domestic spy operation. Hoover started it basing the original files off his already extensive domestic spy network. It was never meant to be a true crime fighting agency. Only to basically be a goon enforcement squad. Had he really meant business, he could've ended organized crime in less than 5 yrs. But instead, he incorporated them and the unions to do his bidding.
The FBI was alwayseant to be the domestic spy operation. Hoover started it basing the original files off his already extensive domestic spy network. It was never meant to be a true crime fighting agency. Only to basically be a goon enforcement squad. Had he really meant business, he could've ended organized crime in less than 5 yrs. But instead, he incorporated them and the unions to do his bidding.
He got away with it by taking a hard line on the commies......