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Old 03-08-2016, 11:13 AM
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Default re Hugh Clegg
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Originally Posted by Malysh View Post
Great post.
It's disappointing to me, a private citizen who relies on "history" books concerning the FBI, that there are so many inaccuracies in the numerous books I read on the subject.

I want to fact check another bit here that I read. Is it true Hugh Clegg was the first director of the FBI academy? Was it actually first started in 1935?

Thanks,
Mike
Mike, Clegg was an Assitant Director of the Bureau at the time of the Academy's founding and was highly instrumental in its creation in, yes, 1935 when the first class went through.
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