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George Hunter White
"George Hunter White, as you say, was a narcotics agent in New York, but he was the kind of narcotics agent who not only lived at the edge of the law. He crossed over a lot. He used all the substances that he confiscated from people. His use of alcohol and narcotics was legendary, but he was also a cop who did pursue jazz figures, including Billie Holiday"
"Notably, White also kept a picture of a Japanese soldier that he had choked to death in a frame, hanging on the wall of his apartment, where he could stare at it from anywhere in the room."
The journalist Johann Hari wrote: "The personality test given to all applicants on Anslinger’s orders found that [White] was a sadist."
"Although George White had notoriety and powerful friends, and existed above the law as one of Espionage Establishment's "protected few," he was a deeply conflicted man. His [second] wife, Ruth, deserted him in 1945, calling him "a fat slob," and according to psychological reports compiled while he was applying for employment with the CIA, White compensated for that humiliation by seeking attention, and by hurting people."
"George Hunter White, as you say, was a narcotics agent in New York, but he was the kind of narcotics agent who not only lived at the edge of the law. He crossed over a lot. He used all the substances that he confiscated from people. His use of alcohol and narcotics was legendary, but he was also a cop who did pursue jazz figures, including Billie Holiday"
"Notably, White also kept a picture of a Japanese soldier that he had choked to death in a frame, hanging on the wall of his apartment, where he could stare at it from anywhere in the room."
The journalist Johann Hari wrote: "The personality test given to all applicants on Anslinger’s orders found that [White] was a sadist."
"Although George White had notoriety and powerful friends, and existed above the law as one of Espionage Establishment's "protected few," he was a deeply conflicted man. His [second] wife, Ruth, deserted him in 1945, calling him "a fat slob," and according to psychological reports compiled while he was applying for employment with the CIA, White compensated for that humiliation by seeking attention, and by hurting people."