A tweet by Penn State Greater Allegheny history Professor Douglas Charles.

Douglas Charles, an associate professor of history at Penn State Greater Allegheny, was quoted in a KOMO News article about the FBI leaking investigation information shortly before Election Day. Here is an excerpt:

“Douglas Charles, author of ‘The FBI’s Obscene File: J. Edgar Hoover and the Bureau’s Crusade Against Smut,’ said Hoover’s FBI played politics and exerted influence on lawmakers when it suited his interests, but it did so quietly.

“ ‘Hoover did it all obsequiously and carefully, always certain to protect is FBI’s carefully crafted public image,’ he said.

“The very public leaking of information is ‘deeply concerning,’ said Charles, a professor of history at Penn State Greater Allegheny, and it suggests internal divisions at the bureau. The leaks leave the impression of an FBI in crisis, with warring partisan factions pressuring and contradicting the director from behind the curtain.”

Read the full article on KOMOnews.com.