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Hoover marks 47th FBI anniversary amid criticism
Washington AP reports J Edgar Hoover, aging 76, marks 47 years atop the FBI as critics press for his retirement. Senator McGovern calls for Senate probe into Hoover's actions regarding an airline pilot, amid other criticisms of surveillance and privacy issues across the Nixon era. The president and attorney general publicly back Hoover despite a series of incidents including a theft of FBI files in Media, Pennsylvania.
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