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Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones

Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones is the author of The FBI: A History, as well as the forthcoming We Know All About You: The Story of Surveillance in Britain and America, due out in June 2017.

Latest articles by Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones

The Big Idea
Forcing out unwanted FBI directors: a brief, messy historyForcing out unwanted FBI directors: a brief, messy history
The Big Idea

Except for J. Edgar Hoover, history shows the position rarely comes with job security.

By Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones
The Big Idea
A brief history of the FBI’s meddling in US politicsA brief history of the FBI’s meddling in US politics
The Big Idea

From targeting anti-interventionists in the 1930s to harassing MLK, and beyond.

By Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones

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