The Burglary That Exposed FBI Surveillance Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email John Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States, gives a speech during a testimony before the senate internal security committee, on November 17, 1953. ( BOB MULLIGAN/AFP / Getty ) Produced by Mythili Rao Produced by PRI and WNYC