LBJ aide turned Hollywood figure was secretly scrutinized
(NEWSER) - Before his long presidency of the Motion Picture Association of America, Jack Valenti served as a top White House aide to LBJ. Recently declassified files show that, at the same time, the FBI under J. Edgar Hoover was investigating whether Valenti, who died in 2007, was gay. Although no proof was ever found, the files offer a new perspective into how Hoover's FBI gathered compromising personal information, reports the Washington Post. More»
