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Pastimes : Clown-Free Zone... sorry, no clowns allowed

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To: maceng2 who wrote (278456)2/29/2004 10:46:10 AM
From: Knighty Tin  Read Replies (1) of 436258
 
PB, He was also a disaster during WWII spy operations. He didn't like Dusko Popov because he was a womanizer, so discounted all the good intelligence he brought to the Allies. Fortunately, the British overlooked his testosterone and made a lot of coups on the info. Hoover had him arrested under The Mann Act, for transporting an actress, Simone Simone, across state lines. <g>

Also, whenever a Japanese or German spy was discovered, Hoover made a publich arrest for the headlines rather than turning him or her and turning them back on the enemy.
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