Diamondback PubliusCryptus
a day ago
It's rather telling to note that in the early days, John Dillinger went out of his way in his crimes, after an early one that went sideways, to stick to a hard and fast "NOBODY dies today" rule, while after his girlfriend went informant trying to save his life Hoover gave the instruction that "DIllinger dies, and if you deem it appropriate to massacre everyone on the block to do so including the cooperating witness and even your own agents, just Make Sure He's Dead when you're done."

This does not lionize or whitewash Dillinger, it shows you how bad that cross-dressing thug who ran the FBI really was and the house he built still IS.