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==Politics==
 
==Politics==
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Hoover worked closely with all presidents from [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and after, keeping track of political enemies of the presidents as well as threats to national security. During the Administration of President [[John Kennedy]], the president's brother and Hoover's boss, [[Attorney General]] [[Robert Kennedy]], ordered the [[FBI]] to wiretap Dr. King's phone in order to retain King as a loyal [[Democrat]] through blackmail. <ref>[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=16500 Why Martin Luther King Was Republican, Human Events, August 16, 2006]</ref>
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Hoover worked closely with all presidents from [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and after, keeping track of political enemies of the presidents as well as threats to national security. During the Administration of President [[John Kennedy]], the president's brother and Hoover's boss, [[Attorney General]] [[Robert Kennedy]], had the [[FBI]] wiretap Dr. King's phone on a trial basis due the fact some of Dr. King's associates had [[Communist]] tides; this was later expanded during Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency; which undermined King.<ref>[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=16500 Why Martin Luther King Was Republican, Human Events, August 16, 2006]</ref><ref>Herst, Burton (2007). ''Bobby and J. Edger''. pp. 372–74</ref>
    
==Further reading==
 
==Further reading==
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