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FBI Headquarters, J. Edgar Hoover Building
WAP2001022010 - 20 FEBRUARY 2001 - WASHINGTON, DC, USA: The J. Edgar Hoover Building, heaquarters to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in Washington, February 20, 2001. rlw/Roger L. Wollenberg UPI

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DiCaprio says he loved Hoover role
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio says he jumped at the chance to play J. Edgar Hoover because the founder of the FBI "was a crock-pot of eccentricities."
'J. Edgar' to open AFI film festival
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Filmmaker Clint Eastwood's "J. Edgar," starring Leonardo DiCaprio, will have its world premiere on the opening night of AFI Fest 2011 in Los Angeles.
Mueller: FBI remade to meet threats
WASHINGTON, March 30 (UPI) -- FBI Director Robert Mueller, the longest serving FBI head since J. Edgar Hoover, says the agency's job is more complicated than ever before.
Naming museum after Hoover draws flak
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Naming the National Law Enforcement Museum in Washington after former FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover has drawn criticism from some quarters.
DiCaprio confirms plans to play Hoover
LOS ANGELES, July 2 (UPI) -- Actor Leonardo DiCaprio has confirmed reports that he is in talks to play J. Edgar Hoover, the first director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Files show Harvey, Hoover were friends
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. radio broadcaster Paul Harvey and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover were friends who were in regular communication, released files show.
FBI files show Ford cited Warren skeptics
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Divulged FBI files reveal future President Gerald Ford advised the FBI of skeptics on the Warren Commission in its Kennedy assassination inquiry.
WASHINGTON, July 26 (UPI) -- The image of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, which marked its 100th anniversary Saturday, is still largely rooted in the 1930s, a historian says.
HOLLYWOOD, July 7 (UPI) -- Turner Classic Movies says it plans to mark this month's 100th anniversary of the U.S. Federal Bureau Investigation by airing a marathon of FBI-themed films.
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