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In real history, J. Edgar Hoover had reached the mandatory retirement age by 1965. However, Johnson waived the mandatory retirement age for Hoover, and allowed him to stay on under the President's initiative.

However, what if Hoover had not be given such special treatment and had gone off to live quietly with Clyde come 1965*? Who would have replaced him as Director, and for that matter how would they have handled the workload to come over their administration? And, what would become of all of Hoover's blackmailing material?

*Tongue in cheek.
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