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"You're messing with the mob,
and they're going to blackmail the government." This is a matter
of the gravest import to national security. Hoover's saying,
"Take care of it and end it." But it is also letting
Bobby Kennedy know, "I, J. Edgar Hoover, have
the goods on your brother, and I'm going to do whatever
the fuck I feel like doing." He uses the information to
make sure the Kennedys know, "Don't screw with me, buddy,"
and that's his power. So you have--
Bobby had a Kennedy habit of not asking his brother
about his love life. "So what you up to
last night, Jack?" No, no, they don't have
those conversations
and they're going to blackmail the government." This is a matter
of the gravest import to national security. Hoover's saying,
"Take care of it and end it." But it is also letting
Bobby Kennedy know, "I, J. Edgar Hoover, have
the goods on your brother, and I'm going to do whatever
the fuck I feel like doing." He uses the information to
make sure the Kennedys know, "Don't screw with me, buddy,"
and that's his power. So you have--
Bobby had a Kennedy habit of not asking his brother
about his love life. "So what you up to
last night, Jack?" No, no, they don't have
those conversations
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"You're messing with the mob,
and they're going
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to blackmail the government."
00:00:05.962 --> 00:00:08.486
This is a matter
of the gravest import
00:00:08.573 --> 00:00:10.967
to national security.
00:00:11.054 --> 00:00:13.883
Hoover's saying,
"Take care of it and end it."
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But it is also letting
Bobby Kennedy know,
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"I, J. Edgar Hoover, have
the goods on your brother,
00:00:21.238 --> 00:00:24.067
and I'm going to do whatever
the fuck I feel like doing."
00:00:26.373 --> 00:00:29.246
He uses the information to
make sure the Kennedys know,
00:00:29.333 --> 00:00:34.012
"Don't screw with me, buddy,"
and that's his power.
00:00:34.207 --> 00:00:37.001
So you have--
Bobby had a Kennedy habit
00:00:37.123 --> 00:00:38.951
of not asking his brother
about his love life.
00:00:39.997 --> 00:00:40.736
"So what you up to
last night, Jack?"
00:00:40.823 --> 00:00:42.781
No, no, they don't have
those conversations.
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Movie Summary
Reveals the startling tale of the CIA's, the mob's, and Sinatra's Rat Pack's connections from Vegas to Miami to Havana, exploring America's most amazing espionage operations ever.