Article written by Joe Wolfinger and Chris Kerr, retired FBI Special Agents. They are the co-authors of RICO—How Politicians, Prosecutors, and the Mob Destroyed One of the FBI’s finest Special Agents. H. Paul Rico was a good man, an outstanding public servant and an unsung American hero. He was the FBI agent who destroyed the […]
A photo taken at Flannigan’s Restaurant in Lake Ronkonkoma, New York. The occasion was a joint presentation on June 4 at the Sachem Library in Sachem, New York on the role Lake Ronkonkoma, New York played in the Duquesne espionage investigation. I’m on the left next to Evelyn Volkgraff, the Director of Lake Ronkonkoma Historical Society […]
This FBI history article appeared in the May 2016 issues of The Grapevine, published by the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI. The article was written by Charles J. Rooney (FBI 1970-2006) and Lewis D. Schiliro (FBI 1975-2000). The Pizza Connection (pdf) The FBI received concurrent jurisdiction to investigate Title 21 (narcotics violations) in 1982. This […]
I would like to share with you this video produced for the Society of Former Agents of the FBI by James Hoyer Law Firm and Media Productions. It’s a video in memory of FBI Special Agents Jack Coler and Ron Williams, who were killed in the line of duty on the Oglala Sioux Indian Reservation in Pine […]
The history article written by Gilbert M. Pieper (FBI 1967-1997), from the March 2016 issue of The Grapevine published by the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI: The Marcos Affair (pdf) Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos, Sr., who was born on September 11, 1917 and died on September 28, 1989, was a Filipino politician who served as President of […]
The history article written by Larry Langberg (FBI 1969-1999), from the January/February 2016 issue of The Grapevine published by the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI. In this article, Larry presents his recollections of the case as well as the recollections of SA Steven Ducker. The Patty Hearst/SLA Case (pdf) February 4, 1974, was just another […]
The history article written by Bill Dyson (FBI 1967-1998) from the April 2016 issue of The Grapevine published by the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI: The El Rukn Libyan Terrorist Conspiracy (pdf) On the surface, the idea that a hostile foreign nation would employ a street gang located in a city in the middle of […]
Over the past several years the lives of all American have been dominated by the threat of foreign inspired terrorism. Today it sits at the top of our government’s national security agenda and remains an intractable problem for US policy makers. We do not have look far for the reasons behind these fears. Last […]
Intelligence Community professionals should be outraged. And American men and women loyally and honorably serving in the military at all levels should be both furious and saddened. I’m referring to “How Petraeus avoided felony charges, prison,” a front page article written by reporter Adam Goldman which appeared in the January 26, 2016 edition of The […]
From the latest issue of The Grapevine, published by the Society of Former Agents of the FBI, an article from the Historical Committee written by George Gabriel (FBI fro m 1979 to 2006): Big Paul’s Christmas Gift Thirtieth anniversary of the murder of Paul Castellano. George Gabriel was the John Gotti Case Agent. The Cardinal Rule […]
I was recently interviewed by Voice of America: (Voice of America) In the aftermath of the Paris attacks, officials carried out waves of raids and arrests to try to break up terror cells across Europe. As in any criminal investigation, the crime scene provides key evidence that leads investigators to suspects still at large. But […]
There is a new documentary film out on Karel Koecher, a KGB mole who worked in the CIA. The spy who spoke on camera (Radio Prague) One of the hottest tickets at this year’s Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival was main competition film RINO, a fascinating portrait of the only Communist mole known to have […]
I was interviewed by Glenn Garvin of the Miami Herald who wrote an article about a previous time the US refused to let refugees in: 1939 ‘Voyage of the Damned’ raises questions about treatment of Syrian refugees (Miami Herald) It would become known, with heartbreak and infamy, as the Voyage of the Damned. Seventy-six years […]
It was a great pleasure writing about my dear friend Ken Crosby, FBI SIS, in the latest issue of the Grapevine, published by the Society of Former Agents of the FBI: Crosby’s Luck (pdf) A wide grin would have crossed his face over the Cuban and U.S governments’ reestablishment of embassies in Havana and Washington. After all, he had lived in […]
This morning President Obama speaking from Anatalya, Turkey where he is attending the G 20 Summit expressed his outrage over the ISIS attacks at six separate sites in Paris causing nearly five hundred casualties. It was an attack on the civilized world, he insisted, and America will “redouble” its efforts to meet the increasing threat […]
Sometimes I wonder if America’s political leaders consider the lessons of history when confronting today’s life and death issues. Some months ago I blogged about the unconscionable decision by American cell phone manufacturers to turn encryption control over to the user. A move that took away the companies’ ability to decrypt this data for government […]
Today I was interviewed by Rustem Safronov (above left), a Russian, a PRA and a journalist doing leg work on a Cold War documentary focusing on Soviet defectors for RT, a Russian television outlet, based in Moscow with ten million viewers. I discussed Elizabeth Bentley. The documentary is scheduled for airing in December. We’ll post a YouTube […]
A few weeks ago when I picked up my copy of The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) my attention focused on the front-page headline “U.S. Plans to Free Israeli Spy.” The article concerned former navy analyst, Jonathan “Jay” Pollard, who, along with his wife, Anne Henderson Pollard, was arrested by the FBI on November 17, 1985 […]
This historical article by Brian Hunt recently appeared in The Grapevine, a publication of the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI: The New York Times called it “the greatest manhunt in the history of the Northwest.” On May 24, 1935, nine year-old George Weyerhaeuser was kidnapped in Tacoma, WA. Eight days later, he returned safely […]
My lecture at Cercle K2, a Paris based think-tank that seeks solutions to the social, political and economic problems facing the world today. I am proud to acknowledge that I am a founding member. The lecture was held at the beautiful Ferdinand Foch Auditorium on the grounds of Ecole Militaire in Paris, France on June 24, 2015 before an […]
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