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FBI Case File Review

Have you ever thought how cool it would be to eavesdrop on the FBI? On FBI Case File Review, host Jerri Williams, a retired agent herself, is on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the FBI does by interviewing her former Bureau colleagues who share personal stories about the Bureau"s most intriguing and high-profile cases, as well as many you"ve never heard of. Listen in on their conversations and experience what it"s like to hunt down a serial killer or terrorist, catch a spy during an

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01:23:19

Episode 172: Weysan Dun – Posse Comitatus, Nebraska...

FBI Case File Review ·

2019/06/27

Retired agent Weysan Dun reviews a case targeting an extremist group espousing Posse Comitatus rhetoric and white supremacist views. Initially, under investigation for weapons and interstate theft violations, the leader, Michael Ryan, his fifteen-year-old son Dennis, and others were charged and convicted of the violent and horrific deaths of two group members. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles.

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01:08:39

Episode 171: Scott Larson – Solar Sunrise, Military...

FBI Case File Review ·

2019/06/20

Former agent Scott Larson served in the FBI for 13 years and was one of the original 13 FBI Laboratory-certified Computer Analysis and Response Team (CART) field examiners. He reviews the Solar Sunrise case where, as the lead investigator, he tracked cyber intrusions into more than 200 Department of Defense (DoD) computer systems. The highly sensitive international investigation revealed the identities of the culprits responsible for the hacking and data breach of military sites initially thought to

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Episode 170: Oliver "Buck" Revell – 1992 Presidential...

FBI Case File Review ·

2019/06/13

(This episode was updated and re-released as Episode 270) Retired agent Oliver “Buck” Revell served in the FBI for 30 years. During his Bureau career, he assumed numerous leadership roles, culminating with his promotion to Associate Deputy Director in Charge of Investigations and Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Field Office. In this episode of FBI Retired Case File Review, he reviews the Dallas FBI investigation into allegations of dirty tricks made during the 1992 presidential primary

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01:08:30

Episode 169: Scott Augenbaum – Secrets of Cyber Security

FBI Case File Review ·

2019/06/05

Retired agent Scott Augenbaum reviews several cybercrime cases, and provides several cyber security tips that he learned during his FBI career that will, hopefully, protect you from cybercriminals stealing your stuff and help you avoid becoming the victim of a data breach. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliams.com/episode-169-scott-augenbaum-secrets-of-cyber-security/ Buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JerriWilliams Join my Reader Team to

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Episode 168: John Kundts – Counterfeit SEPTA TransPasses

FBI Case File Review ·

2019/05/30

Retired agent John Kundts reviews the 1981 counterfeit SEPTA TransPasses case where two men using specialty paper, printed and sold fake monthly fare instruments. Before the investigation, the transit agency's losses from the scheme totaled $1 million a month. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliams.com/episode-168-john-kundts-counterfeit-septa-transpasses/ Buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/JerriWilliams Join my Reader Team to get the FBI

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01:04:25

Episode 167: Tom Baker – Attempted Assassination of...

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2019/05/23

Retired agent Thomas J. Baker reviews the FBI’s investigation of the March 1981, attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley Jr, and discusses how lesson’s learned from the assassination of President Kennedy were immediately utilized in the initial management and coordination of multiple agencies under intense media scrutiny. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliams.com/episode-167-tom-baker-attempted-assassination-of-president-reagan/

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Episode 166: Cecil Moses - Greensboro Massacre

FBI Case File Review ·

2019/05/16

Retired agent Cecil Moses reviews the Greensboro Massacre, where in November 1979, during a protest rally, a shootout with the Ku Klux Klan and American Nazis left five members of the Communist Workers Party (CWP) dead and seven members seriously injured. Two Klansmen were also injured. At the time of this incident, Cecil Moses was the assistant special agent in charge of the Charlotte Division in North Carolina, managed the FBI investigation, and testified during the subsequent state, federal, and

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01:40:56

Episode 165: Ken Lanning – Satanic Ritual Child...

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2019/05/09

Retired agent Ken Lanning served in the FBI for more than 30 years, twenty of which he was assigned to the Behavioral Science Unit (BSU) as a profiler specializing in the study of the sexual victimization of children. He reviews the controversial topics of satanic ritual child abuse, recovered repressed memory, and the suggestibility of children. His work in this area and the ramifications of confirmation bias has divided and polarized many child advocates, the media, and the American public. His

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01:45:24

Episode 164: Scott Curtis – Mayor of Allentown,...

FBI Case File Review ·

2019/05/02

Retired agent Scott Curtis reviews a public corruption investigation that resulted in the conviction of Allentown, Pennsylvania Mayor Ed Pawlowski, as well as a dozen other public officials and business executives for campaign contribution bribery, extortion, and other corruption-related offenses. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles. https://jerriwilliams.com/episode-164-scott-curtis-mayor-of-allentown-campaign-contribution-bribery/ Buy me a coffee -

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01:02:12

Episode 163: Jim Siano and Tom Baker - Mackle...

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2019/04/25

In this two-for-one episode, retired agents Jim Siano and Tom Baker, both first office agents at the time, review the kidnapping investigation of Barbara Jean Mackle and the arrests of her kidnappers Gary Steven Krist and Ruth Eisemann-Schier. Barbara Jean was buried alive in a wooden coffin-like box for 82 hours during the harrowing incident. Jim Siano also reviews an airplane hijacking case where the pilot was shot in the stomach by the hijacker, Arthur Barkley. Jim Siano narrowly escaped the same

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01:19:01

Episode 162: Jean and Tom O’Connor – 9/11 FBI Line...

FBI Case File Review ·

2019/04/18

Special Agents Jean and Tom O’Connor review the work performed, and the devastating health-related complications experienced by FBI agents responding to terrorist attack sites at the World Trade Center in New York, The Pentagon in Washington D.C., Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and evidence collection sites on and immediately after 9/11. Special Agent Tom O’Connor is the President of the FBI Agents Association (FBIAA), and Special Agent Jean O’Connor is a trustee for the FBIAA Scholarship Fund. They are

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01:23:33

Episode 161: Jim Sweeney and Rich Macko – Broad...

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2019/04/11

Retired agents Jim Sweeney and Rich Macko review the March 16, 1994, Broad Street shootout where Rich Macko and another agent were shot and seriously injured, and a drug gang member killed after a violent confrontation that occurred while the agents were attempting a car stop. The surviving gang members had to be tried twice for the attempted assassination of federal officers. FBI Director Louie Freeh visited the agents directly after the shootout and, for their actions, later awarded them the FBI’s

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Episode 160: Warren Flagg – Pet Cemetery Scam

FBI Case File Review ·

2019/04/04

Retired agent Warren Flagg reviews a pet cemetery scam he investigated where burial grounds containing up to 250,000 carcasses of deceased dogs and cats were discovered in the woods behind a pet memorial park. The subjects, a father and son, were convicted of mail fraud based on the premiums they collected to individually bury or cremate pets when they instead dumped them into mass cremations and burials. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles.

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01:05:43

Episode 159: Wayne Manis - The Order, White...

FBI Case File Review ·

2019/03/27

Retired agent Wayne Manis reviews his investigation of “The Order,” a white supremacist terrorist group, also known as the Silent Brotherhood, that operated in the Pacific Northwest in the early to mid-1980s. The pursuit of these terrorists consumed five years of Wayne Manis’s career as he tracked their assassinations, armored car robberies, bombings and counterfeiting activities. The hunt came to an end when Wayne and other SWAT Agents surrounded the terrorist on a remote Whidbey Island and killed

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01:08:27

Episode 158: Garland Schweickhardt – Hollywood Mob...

FBI Case File Review ·

2019/03/20

Retired agent Garland Schweickhardt reviews a case where he went undercover during a five-year sting targeting organized crime’s influence over labor unions in the film industry. During the investigation code-named Dramex for "Drama Expose," Garland Schweickhardt posed as Garland Hoffner, an investment consultant for wealthy individuals who wanted to produce a non-union film. The case was later fictionalized as, The Last Shot, an actual Hollywood feature film. In the star-studded comedy, actor Alec

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01:19:16

Episode 157: Scott Duffey – Russian National Robs...

FBI Case File Review ·

2019/03/14

Retired agent Scott Duffey reviews a bank robbery case involving a Russian national that morphed into a strange murder investigation. In the process of gathering evidence to charge Dmitry Pronin with bank robbery, Scott discovered that just days before the bank was robbed, Pronin’s mother had gone missing. Yulia Pogrebenko had just arrived in the U.S. from Russia to visit her son. Approximately five months later, her lower body and partial skull were discovered floating in the Chesapeake Bay and off

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01:44:40

Episode 156: Lauren Anderson – Casablanca Bombings,...

FBI Case File Review ·

2019/03/06

Retired agent Lauren Anderson reviews the assistance the FBI provided to the Moroccan government directly after the 2003 Casablanca bombings, which resulted in 41 fatalities at five different sites. At the time, she was the Legal Attaché (LEGAT) in Paris, France, where, in addition to France, she directed the FBI’s engagement with, and operations in Monaco and twenty-two African nations. After her LEGAT assignment, Lauren Anderson was appointed to be the Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) of

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Episode 155: Peter Welsh - Abducted in Plain Sight,...

FBI Case File Review ·

2019/02/28

Retired agent Peter Welsh reviews his 1974 investigation of the kidnapping of 12-year-old Jan Broberg, who was abducted by Bob Berchtold, a trusted and close family friend. Pete Welsh spent three years trying to unravel the bizarre twist and turns of the case. Pete was interviewed on camera for the Netflix documentary, Abducted In Plain Sight, about the Jan Broberg kidnapping. It was during the filming that he learned about all the methods used by his subject, Bob Berchtold to groom and manipulate

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01:17:31

Episode 154: Ali Soufan – USS Cole Bombing, The...

FBI Case File Review ·

2019/02/21

Former agent Ali Soufan who served with the FBI for eight years investigating highly sensitive and complex international terrorism cases, including bombings and attacks around the world, reviews his investigation of the attack on the USS Cole where suicide terrorists exploded a small boat alongside the Navy Destroyer—as it was refueling in the Yemeni port of Aden. The blast ripped a 40-foot-wide hole near the waterline of the Cole, killing 17 American sailors and injuring many more. Ali also talks

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02:08:31

Episode 153: Q & A - With Special Agent FBI Recruiter

FBI Case File Review ·

2019/02/13

Special Agent Cerena Coughlin, an FBI recruiter for the Philadelphia Division, provides answers to questions about the FBI sent in by FBI Retired Case File Review listeners interested in applying to become analysts and specials agents with the FBI. All potential FBI Special Agent candidates must start the application process online at FBIJobs.gov. Special Agent Cerena Coughlin has been with the FBI for more than 18 years. Currently, she is the Employment Recruiter for the Philadelphia Field Office

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