Firing the man who killed John Dillinger would be a PR disaster. J. Edgar
We spent our lives working for justice and the thanks we get is a political attack? Does he expect crimes to go unsolved? Why is he fighting me? I want you to start a file on Senator McKellar immediately. I want four agents on him at all times. I want to know what's in his trash. And I want you to photograph him at every day. Don't get in the car. You can walk back. I beg you, we have lunch. We don't miss lunch, no matter what. Remember? You pulled away from me in there. You perjured yourself Edgar. And the lie was an easily provable one. If you had continued to pursue, there's no telling how much worse it could've been. Fine, the agent is to be demoted immediately or better yet fired. Firing the man who killed John Dillinger would be a PR disaster. Then he is to spent the rest of his career behind a desk. And if he'd like to keep that job, he best stay out of the pages. Go.
Scene from J. Edgar with Armie Hammer as Clyde Tolson and Leonardo DiCaprio as J. Edgar Hoover.
