December 31, 2005
GAY-BASHING NEVER GOES OUT OF STYLE:
A Chorus of Hoover Critics: More conservatives join the call to take his name off the FBI Building. (Johanna Neuman, December 31, 2005, LA Times)
Every year for the last three years, Rep. Dan Burton, a Republican from Indiana, has introduced a bill to strip J. Edgar Hoover's name from the FBI's headquarters — an initiative that has been largely ignored.Now, however...the effort to rename the Hoover building is starting to attract more supporters, most recently U.S. Circuit Judge Laurence H. Silberman, a Republican who was a leader of the presidentially appointed commission on pre-Iraq-war intelligence.
"This country — and the bureau — would be well served if his name were removed from the bureau's building," Silberman, a Reagan appointee, told the 1st Circuit Judicial Conference in June.
Why not name it for John O'Neill instead? Posted by Orrin Judd at December 31, 2005 11:51 AM
Why not name it after Frank Church, the great Senator who sabotaged the ability to collect information about those who want to destroy this nation? Then again, perhaps a building at Foggy Bottom would be more appropriate to memorialize that infamous politician.
Scratch that last thought. I forgot those unforgettable words from the Constitution:
Separation of Church & State.
Posted by: obc at December 31, 2005 12:10 PMI would suggest the Dillinger Building, but that should be saved for IRS.
Posted by: David Cohen at December 31, 2005 1:39 PMThe Dana Scully Building
Posted by: Bryan at December 31, 2005 4:01 PM