Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Investigation is named in 130 events across the Capture Cascade Timeline, from 1935 to 2026.
Federal Bureau of Investigation on the timeline
130 events · 1935–2026 · click any marker
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972-06-17 | Five Burglars Arrested Breaking into Democratic National Committee Headquarters at Watergate Complex
3 src James W. McCord Jr. · E. Howard Hunt · G. Gordon Liddy · Bernard Barker · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1972-05-02 | J. Edgar Hoover Dies in Office After 48 Years, Ending Longest FBI Directorship and Enabling Oversight Possibility
3 src J. Edgar Hoover · L. Patrick Gray · Helen Gandy · Clyde Tolson · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1972-01-01 | Jules Kroll founds innovative private intelligence firm Kroll Associates
4 src 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
3 src 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
3 src 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| 1970-07-14 | Nixon Approves Huston Plan Authorizing Illegal Surveillance, Rescinded After Hoover Objects
3 src 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
3 src 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
3 src 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
3 src 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
3 src 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
3 src 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
3 src 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
3 src 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
3 src 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.
3 src 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
3 src 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
3 src 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
6 src 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
3 src Julius Rosenberg · Ethel Rosenberg · Roy Cohn · Irving Saypol · +4 | confirmed | |
| 1953-02-09 | Roy Cohn Establishes Blackmail and Intimidation Network
4 src 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
3 src 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
3 src 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
3 src 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
3 src 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
4 src 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
3 src 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
3 src 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
2 src 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
3 src 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
2 src J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Franklin D. Roosevelt · Homer Cummings | confirmed |
Appears in curated timelines
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9× shared
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9× shared
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7× shared
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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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