Also, didn't J. Edgar Hoover keep files on Congressmen and others in Washington for the purpose of blackmailing them?The FBI does keep detailed files. Clinton used those files to have his way with his enemies in Congress. I suspect that is the means by which the Senate was prevented from a fair hearing on the impeachment.
Same fear and blackmail applies to this day. Bill and Hillary (and Carville) put all the info in their own database for use then and through years to come.