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Criminal information about public figures, but it was not of course the last instance of that. decades later, were still wrestling with the legacy of j. edgar hoover and the fiefdom he made of the fbi. he kept extensive files he called official and confidential files. there were secret documents that tracked the lives of famous and powerful people, including details about those peoples lives that were not criminal but would have been embarrassing to those famous people if they became known. he k...

President john f. kennedy. we know he told president kennedy he was aware of an extramarital affair he was having, and then he told the president which chicago mobster his mistress was also visiting. as civil rights unfolded, he wire tapped martin luther king junior. he tracked his personal life, including supposedly which day of the week he supposedly met with his mistress. apparently it was tuesdays. in the secrets of the fbi, ronald kessler wrote the agent duly recorded that robert kennedy ha...

We know he told president kennedy he was aware of an extramarital affair he was having, and then he told the president which chicago mobster his mistress was also visiting. as civil rights unfolded, he wire tapped martin luther king junior. he tracked his personal life, including supposedly which day of the week he supposedly met with his mistress. apparently it was tuesdays. in the secrets of the fbi, ronald kessler wrote the agent duly recorded that robert kennedy had gone to visit his suspect...

Well, we all know people can lose their homes after missing their mortgage payments, but would you believe more and more folks are at risk of becoming homeless because they did not pay their utility bills? >> abcs mark greenblat investigates. >> reporter: on hbos "the wire," richard burton played a gangster, but burton lost his job when the wire went off the air. and today the accomplished actor and musician is in the middle of a real-life drama, at risk of losing his home to foreclosure all ove...

Virginia, 4-point lead. hes ahead in ohio. and to the extent that this -- the weather conditions in those states take the attention away from the election tmay freeze things in place. i think obama is going to win both virginia and ohio, i think it will be very, very close. i think this elections going to go doub to the wire. i suspect you will see both candidates as they readjust their schedule because of the weather, trying to pick the state where is they can have an impact. colorado is clearl...

Ambassador chris stevens arrives in benghazi for a full day of meetings beginning the next morning. his first trip there since wood security team left the country. >> going to a dangerous place like benghazi. >> yes. >> he knew it didnt he? >> yes, he knew. went anyway. the mission came first. >> september 11, 2012, a mob galters at the u.s. em gas sbas cairo egypt scales the walls and burns the american flags. the explanation they are angry over an obscure video produced in california. meanwhil...

Ambassador chris stevens arrives for a full day of meetings. his first trip since woods security team left the country. >> going to a dangerous place like benghazi but he knew it, didnt he? >> yes, he knew, but high went anyway because in his heart the mission came first first. >> bret: september 11th, 2012 a mob gathers at the u.s. embassy in cairo egypt and scales the walls and burns the american flag. the explanation is they are angry over an obscure video produced in california. meanwhile, s...

I said as much. my concerns were specifically for benghazi. >> bret: september 10, 2012. ambassador chris stephens arrives in benghazi for a full day of meetings beginning the next morning. his first trip there since woods security team left the country. >> going to a dangerous place like benghazi. >> yes. >> bret: he knew it. didnt he? >> yes, he knew. he went anyway. because i think in his heart the mission came first. >> bret: september 11, 2012. a mob gathers at the u.s. embassy in cairo, eg...

I said as much. my concerns were specifically for benghazi. >> bret: september 10, 2012. ambassador chris stephens arrives in benghazi for a full day of meetings beginning the next morning. his first trip there since woods security team left the country. >> going to a dangerous place like benghazi. >> yes. >> bret: he knew it. didnt he? >> yes, he knew. he went anyway. because i think in his heart the mission came first. >> bret: september 11, 2012. a mob gathers at the u.s. embassy in cairo, eg...

And i was like -- i didnt know if it was going to cut me in half or what was going to happen. >> in midair josh has no time to react. >> so i was just in shock there was a cable there looking at me. i didnt know if i was going to hit it or not. i hit it. but i felt like i didnt hit the bike because the way i flipped over it was weird. it was crazy. >> also there for the final performance. yum yum the clown, he represents mid-michigan. >> i sensed something. caught something out of the corner of ...