237: Paul Letersky – Assisting J. Edgar Hoover, COINTELPRO

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

True Crime, Interviews, Fiction, History, Fbi, Government, Truecrime

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2021

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Former agent Paul Letersky reviews his memoir, The Director: My Years Assisting J. Edgar Hoover, in which Paul offers a unique inside look at one of the most powerful law enforcement figures in American history. In 1965, twenty-two-year-old Paul Letersky was assigned to assist the legendary FBI Director Hoover, who'd just turned seventy and had, by then, led the Bureau for an incredible forty-plus years. Paul's is a rare account from someone who, for a period of years, spent hours with the Director on a daily basis. Paul Letersky served in the FBI for eight years, three as a support employee and five as a special agent.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 237 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams. I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the
0:17.7	FBI does through my books my blog and my podcast case reviews with former colleagues.
0:24.4	Today we get to speak to retired agent Paul Lautersky,
0:29.4	who served in the FBI for eight years,
0:32.4	three as a support employee and five as a special agent.
0:36.3	Paul was assigned to the Cincinnati and former Alexandria divisions, working murders,
0:42.4	aircraft hijackings, bank robberies, extortion, and
0:46.6	conmen.
0:48.2	In this episode, Paul reviews his memoir, The Director, My Years, Assisting J. Edgar Hoover, in which he offers a unique
0:58.4	inside look at one of the most powerful law enforcement figures in American history.
1:05.0	In 1965, when he was 22 years old,
1:09.0	Paul was assigned to assist the legendary FBI director who had just turned 70 and had by then led the
1:17.6	FBI for an incredible 41 years. Paul's is a rare account from someone who for a period of years spent hours with
1:27.8	Hoover on a daily basis. Paul resigned from the Bureau when United Airlines recruited him to join their law department.
1:36.1	He later became Vice President of Pan America World Airways in charge of five global divisions.
1:45.0	Paul is currently an adjunct professor and coordinator of the Criminal Justice Program
1:51.0	at Telemuck Bay Community College and Telemuck Oregon.
1:55.0	I found Paul's book and this interview with him to be thought-provoking.
2:02.0	I share my thoughts about Hoover and the status of the FBI today
2:07.0	in my August reader team email that I'm going to be sending out on Monday, August the second. So if it's not in your inbox next Monday, you know what to do.
2:18.0	Check your spam filter and your promotion tab. Before we get to the interview, I want to remind you to download and listen to episode 234.
2:29.0	You may have missed it because of the way I released it.
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