Wasn’t JEH a flamer?
Yep and the Mafia blackmailed him which is why they were virtually untouchable during the entire time he was in office.
I have read that the "Hoover in a dress" stuff was a KGB propaganda fabrication. I noticed at the time it was eagerly lapped up by the Left (not very trans-sensitive, were they?), which would have been the first point of contact with KGB, from their agents to unpaid American "agents of influence" in the US press--Village Voice, certain reporters at the NYT, and lesser sheets.
Some of the Leftist press were actually paid to spread Soviet propaganda, such as I.F. Stone, who ironically promoted himself to American donors to his foundation as one of the few "independent journalists." In light of the Venona revelations, that was an ironic claim. Maybe the KGB had suggested it.
That’s why he never went after the mob. They had photos of him sucking off tolsen his lover.