
999: The Legendary G-Men // Spiritual Lessons from Black & White America 08 (Eric Ludy)
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The Bertillin Method and the FBI
In the 1950s, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover was building a central database for all US fingerprints before computers. He required new agents to possess either a legal or accounting degree and markers of professional training. "Hoover sought out men who would uphold the highest ideals of citizenship," according to Beverly Gage's biography.
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