User talk:Garrettepps

Hoover and the files were the C.I.A. Nobody had access to the files as there were no other members at the the time. His ability to manipulate people and events became so powerful that it was given a name and branched into a secret division within the government (C.I.A.), he was still the head of the F.B.I. at the same time. It is a matter of history not "folk etymology". Anything beyond this information would still be classified. No sources are cited as the information given is lesser known common history. Any information above and beyond these basic facts are still restricted. Check out "http://www.biography.com/people/j-edgar-hoover-9343398" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.102.139.154 (talk) 16:26, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

The contention that "Hoover and the files were the CIA" has no factual support (not even the link provided support for that claim). Hoover had no role in creation or management of the CIA, which grew out of the Office of Strategic Services headed by William Donovan. President Truman told Hoover in no uncertain terms to stay out of foreign intelligence, and went on to create CIA through the National Security Act. The idea that somehow the CIA's files were under the FBI director's garden is clearly mythical.