本篇讲的并不是在经济危机期间执政的胡佛，而是美国的FBI传奇人物胡佛。1924年那时候，埃德加胡佛只有29岁，但他已经被司法部的部长提升成为调查局的主管了。他将彻底杜绝犯罪行为作为他终身的目标，马上对调查局漏洞百出的体制进行了一次大整改，他辞掉了成千上百名员工。虽然这样惹的怨气纷纷，但是调查氛围也是一天比一天好。他规定了，只有上过大学并且有执法经验的人才能够得到这份工作。随后他成立了FBI的犯罪实验室，把调查局改名成联邦调查局。1950年他还建立了一个我们大家都知道的十大通缉犯名单，他任职期间也用过一些不光明的手段收集对手的罪证，获取了很多政治权利。在他去世之前他的传闻喧嚣甚上认为他是异装癖、是同性恋，让他更具有传奇色彩

This article is not about Hoover who was in power during the economic crisis, but Hoover, the legendary American FBI. At that time in 1924, Edgar Hoover was only 29 years old, but he had been promoted by the Secretary of the Department of Justice to become the director of the Bureau of Investigation. He made it his lifelong goal to completely eradicate criminal behavior, and immediately carried out a major overhaul of the bureau's flawed system. He fired hundreds of employees. Although there are many resentments caused by this, the atmosphere of the investigation is getting better every day. He stipulated that only those who had gone to college and had law enforcement experience could get the job. He then established the FBI's crime lab and renamed the bureau the FBI. In 1950, he also established a list of the ten most wanted criminals that we all know. During his tenure, he also used some shady means to collect criminal evidence from his opponents and gained a lot of political power. Before his death, he was even rumored to be a transvestite and a homosexual, which made him even more legendary