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Skeptics of the cross-dressing story point to Susan Rosenstiel's poor credibility ( she plead guilty for attempted perjury in a 1971 case and later served time in a New York City jail ).

Recklessly indiscreet behavior by Hoover would have been totally out of character, whatever his sexuality.

Most biographers consider the story of Mafia blackmail to be unlikely in light of the FBI's investigations of the Mafia.

Truman Capote, who helped spread salacious rumors about Hoover, once remarked that he was more interested in making Hoover angry than determining whether the rumors were true.