John. Edgar Hoover or J. Edgar Hoover as he liked to be known was a "Hardworking, intelligent, ambitious and ruthless man" . Hoover was the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigations from 1924 up until his death in 1972. This position gave him the spotlight of the media, the power of director and the controversy associated with an important and powerful position. It will be shown that his legacy has been a controversial but one permanently established …showed first 75 words of 2244 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2244 total…left in the minds of people. For the FBI he was a director who changed the FBI into a renown law enforcement agency. So when looking at the different interpretations presented there can never be one correct interpretation but what can happen is many interpretations will help shape your own. That is the important factor in the end, not to look at someone's interpretation and say, "I'll adopt that" but to form your own interpretation.