Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Investigation is named in 129 events across the Capture Cascade Timeline, from 1935 to 2026.
Activity over time
Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972-05-02 | J. Edgar Hoover Dies in Office After 48 Years, Ending Longest FBI Directorship and Enabling Oversight Possibility J. Edgar Hoover · L. Patrick Gray · Helen Gandy · Clyde Tolson · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1972-01-01 | Jules Kroll founds innovative private intelligence firm Kroll Associates Jules Kroll · Kroll Associates · Central Intelligence Agency · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1971-04-28 | Hoover Abolishes Formal COINTELPRO Operations After Media Expose, But Informal Operations Continue J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI | confirmed | |
| 1971-03-08 | COINTELPRO Exposed - FBI's Secret War on Civil Rights and Dissent Revealed Federal Bureau of Investigation · J. Edgar Hoover · Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI | confirmed | |
| 1970-07-14 | Nixon Approves Huston Plan Authorizing Illegal Surveillance, Rescinded After Hoover Objects Richard Nixon · Tom Charles Huston · J. Edgar Hoover · Richard Helms · +4 | confirmed | |
| 1969-12-04 | FBI and Chicago Police Assassinate Black Panther Leader Fred Hampton in Pre-Dawn Raid Fred Hampton · J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Chicago Police Department · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1969-05-09 | Kissinger Initiates Wiretapping of 17 Journalists and NSC Staff After Hersh Cambodia Leak Richard Nixon · Henry Kissinger · Alexander Haig · J. Edgar Hoover · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1968-06-05 | Robert F. Kennedy Assassinated in Los Angeles After California Primary Victory Robert F. Kennedy · Sirhan Sirhan · Federal Bureau of Investigation · LAPD | confirmed | |
| 1968-04-04 | Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated in Memphis While Supporting Striking Sanitation Workers Martin Luther King Jr. · James Earl Ray · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Memphis Police | confirmed | |
| 1967-08-25 | FBI COINTELPRO Launches Black Nationalist Hate Groups Program Targeting Civil Rights Leaders J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Martin Luther King Jr. · Black Panther Party · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1964-11-21 | FBI Mails Anonymous Suicide Letter to Martin Luther King Jr., Weaponizing Surveillance Material J. Edgar Hoover · William C. Sullivan · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Martin Luther King Jr. · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1964-06-21 | Mississippi Burning Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner During Freedom Summer Voter Registration James Chaney · Andrew Goodman · Michael Schwerner · Ku Klux Klan · +6 | confirmed | |
| 1963-10-18 | Hoover Personally Briefs Johnson with King Sex-Surveillance Dossier, Weaponizing Personal Material Against Civil Rights Leader J. Edgar Hoover · Lyndon B. Johnson · William C. Sullivan · Martin Luther King Jr. · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1963-10-10 | Attorney General Robert Kennedy Authorizes FBI Wiretapping of Martin Luther King Jr. J. Edgar Hoover · Robert F. Kennedy · Martin Luther King Jr. · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1963-09-15 | KKK Bombs 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Killing Four Young Girls Ku Klux Klan · Robert Chambliss · Thomas Blanton · Bobby Frank Cherry · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1957-07-08 | Hoover Formalizes "Official and Confidential" File System, Institutionalizing Personal Blackmail Infrastructure J. Edgar Hoover · Helen Gandy · Clyde Tolson · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 1956-08-28 | FBI Director Hoover Launches COINTELPRO to Target Communist Party and Domestic Dissent J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Communist Party USA | confirmed | |
| 1953-06-19 | Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Executed at Sing Sing, Cold War's Most Controversial Death Penalty Case Julius Rosenberg · Ethel Rosenberg · Roy Cohn · Irving Saypol · +4 | confirmed | |
| 1953-02-09 | Roy Cohn Establishes Blackmail and Intimidation Network Roy Cohn · Joseph McCarthy · J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1952-01-01 | Hollywood Blacklist Reaches Peak with Over 300 Industry Professionals Banned Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals · Studio executives · House Un-American Activities Committee · American Legion · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1950-09-23 | McCarran Internal Security Act Passes Over Truman Veto, Codifies Red-Scare Surveillance Apparatus Patrick McCarran · Harry S. Truman · Subversive Activities Control Board · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1950-08-01 | State Department Revokes Paul Robeson Passport for Political Views and Soviet Support Paul Robeson · State Department · J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 1947-10-01 | Federal Loyalty Program Implementation Creates Permanent Political Background-Check Regime Harry S. Truman · Seth Richardson · Civil Service Commission · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1947-03-21 | Executive Order 9835 Establishes Federal Loyalty Program - 5 Million Screened, Guilt Presumed Harry S. Truman · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Civil Service Commission · House Un-American Activities Committee | confirmed | |
| 1943-02-01 | Army Signal Intelligence Service Begins VENONA Soviet Cable Decryption, Foundation for Post-War Counterintelligence Gene Grabeel · Meredith Gardner · Army Signal Intelligence Service · Carter Clarke · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1941-12-07 | FBI Pre-Pearl-Harbor Japanese-American Dossier System Provides Internment Target Lists J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Office of Naval Intelligence · Munson Report · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1939-09-06 | Roosevelt Proclamation Consolidates All Domestic Intelligence Under FBI, Creating Peacetime Intelligence Monopoly Franklin D. Roosevelt · J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Office of Naval Intelligence · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1936-08-24 | Roosevelt Secret Oral Directive Authorizes FBI General Intelligence Without Statutory Basis Franklin D. Roosevelt · J. Edgar Hoover · Cordell Hull · Federal Bureau of Investigation | confirmed | |
| 1935-07-01 | Bureau of Investigation Formally Renamed Federal Bureau of Investigation, Professionalization Era Begins J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Franklin D. Roosevelt · Homer Cummings | confirmed |
Network neighbors
Department of Justice
24× shared
J. Edgar Hoover
20× shared
Kash Patel
15× shared
Donald Trump
13× shared
Pam Bondi
13× shared
National Security Agency
12× shared
Central Intelligence Agency
9× shared
U.S. Department of Justice
9× shared
Jeffrey Epstein
6× shared
Martin Luther King Jr.
5× shared
Richard Nixon
5× shared
Franklin D. Roosevelt
4× shared
Trump Administration
4× shared
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
4× shared
American Civil Liberties Union
3× shared
Apple
3× shared
Christopher Wray
3× shared
Hannah Natanson
3× shared
Harry S. Truman
3× shared
Internal Revenue Service
3× shared
Larry Nassar
3× shared
Louis Freeh
3× shared
McKayla Maroney
3× shared
Michael Langeman
3× shared
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