J. Edgar Hoover

John Edgar Hoover (b. 1895) was the influential and much feared director of the United States Government Bureau of Investigation (GBI). He was appointed to the position by President Joe Steele shortly after Steele's election. Hoover had already gained a reputation a tenacious law enforcement officer. It was also whispered that Hoover was not necessarily a scrupulous man. In 1933, Hoover was tasked with investigating the Supreme Court of the United States after they ruled several of the laws in Steele's Four-Year Plan unconstitutional. In short order, Hoover found evidence that four of the justices had Nazi ties. After interrigating them and extracting confessions, Hoover saw to it that the four justices were executed.

Hoover continued in that capacity throughout Steele's presidency. He was likened to Heinrich Himmler and Lavrenty Beria. He purged and removed Steele's enemies in the military and the civilian sectors. He helped keep the country's shores safe from Axis spies during World War II, and hunted communists during the Japanese War. His only real rival was the Hammer, Steele's other longtime ally.

When Stalin died in 1953, Vice President John Nance Gardner ascended to the presidency. He immediately ordered the executions of Hoover and the Hammer. The Hammer in turn ordered the executions of Gardner and Hoover. Hoover succeeded in killing his rivals, and taking the presidency himself. His reign was even more dictatorial than Steele's.