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Thursday, February 19, 2009

FBI investigated Valenti's sexual preference

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The Washington Post obtained previously confidential FBI files that indicate that J. Edgar Hoover's deputies investigated whether Jack Valenti was gay. No proof was found. President Johnson approved the investigation.

When Beltway insider Jack Valenti died two years ago at age 85, he was playing the role of intermediary between Washington and Hollywood as the theatrical, snowy-haired president of the Motion Picture Association of America.

But back in 1964, Valenti was a Houston ad executive newly installed at the White House as a top aide to President Lyndon B. Johnson. And J. Edgar Hoover's FBI found itself quietly consumed with the vexing question of whether Valenti was gay.

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