Edgar Hoover (Leonardo DiCaprio) as a sympathetic monster a man whose furious internal turmoil, tamed and sharpened, irrupts in authoritarian fervor.

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Edgar Hoover (Leonardo DiCaprio) as a sympathetic monster a man whose furious internal turmoil, tamed and sharpened, issues in a shaft of authoritarian fervor.

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This followed the leaking of internal Department of Foreign Affairs memos that seemed to hint that she was sympathetic to some Sinn Fein arguments.

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