Edgar Hoover. FBI men, especially officials, quote him frequently even in trivial situations. They also dress like hin.
FBI men are taught to think of themselves as "young businessmen" and the great bulk of them are more interested in climbing the rungs of the FBI bureaucracy than in fighting "communism" and crime. Ollestad, an anticommunist liberal, finds this unfortunate. Still, he thinks that the FBI is wasting its time in fighting the left. He believes that the FBI spends so much time harassing the left only in order to justify larger appropriations from Congress.
As far as crime-fighting goes, Ollestad says that the FBI is much more interested in statistics proving how successful it has been than in actually pursuing cases. The interest in statistics is so,intense that it has become a common practice to juggle with numbers to make them appear more impressive.
As the finale of their training period, new agents are introduced to J. Edgar Hoover himself. Before being taken capitalist oligarchy in the economy, the media, and the state apparatus itself. The SDS calls students to solidarity with all those who protest and struggle against the economic, political and psychological oppression and exploitation of capitalisn."
Today, the SDS has 2,000 active members, and in the past six months, through extensive actions in high schools, has founded an organization of high school students with an additional 1,500 members.
EDGAR HOOVER
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into the presence of this Washington deity, they are specially briefed by the New Agents Class administrator on how to conduct themselves. Here is Ollestad's account of the briefing given his class.
"'The greeting and handshake -- and in fact the entire meeting should not exceed thirty seconds per man, but while you're in there, there are three distinct dangers. First, as you enter you will encounter a thick carpet, so don't scuff your feet. And whatever you do don't look down. Occasionally, our Director enjoys standing on a little box when he greets people in his office. Of course, it's just a small one, only six inches high. Pretend you never even noticed it! Not long ago we had a new agent who for some reason just couldn't keep his eyes off it. He was fired.'
"Our administrator proceeded to the next point. 'The second danger,' he announced with an ominous ring, ‘is the Director's bathroon.'
"I was startled. Bruns smiled. That was a new one on us both.
"(If the Director asks you a question, be sure and keep your wits about you; otherwise, move out of there as fast as you can -- take your leave and make sure you don't veer off course on your way out this door.' He pointed to a mark on the diagram that indicated a doorway. ‘This door is fine; it leads to the outer hallway. But this one...' He indicated another doorway. 'Well it leads to the Director's private bathroom. Nobody else is allowed in there, and if one of you got in there by mistake...who knows what might happen? There's no way out except back through the office.' The threat of getting trapped in the Director's toilet shook him visibly."
The mere thought of it shook us.