At the beginning of the twentieth century, the U.S. Department of Justice-the parent agency of what would later become the Federal Bureau of Investigation-was perhaps best known for its inability to effectively undertake any investigations at all. In a popular anecdote from those early days (the department had been created in 1870), a wealthy family requested that the attorney general track down their kidnapped daughter, only to be met with the reply that he would be happy to help if the family might supply "the names of the parties holding your daughter in bondage, the particular place, and the names of witnesses by whom the facts can be proved." Such ineffectiveness had reached new heights by 1908: during the first two decades of its existence, the Justice Department farmed out its investigative work, with considerable success, to U.S. marshals employing locally recruited posses and private detective agencies. In 18 ... read full excerpt from: There's Something Happening Here: The New Left, the Klan, and FBI Counterintelligence ebook
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