On-Scene Commander: From Street Agent to Deputy Director of the FBI
From his birth in a Texas hill country town that no longer exists, Weldon L. Kennedy has come a long way. After service as a naval intelligence officer, he joined the FBI in 1963. Over the course of four decades, he served the Bureau with distinction, exemplifying the cutting-edge of crisis management. In 1987, he earned fame as the on-scene commander during a riot at the federal prison in Atlanta, where he negotiated an end to a violent thirteen-day siege—without any loss of life. His...
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The memoir of the FBI's former #2 man.
Preface ixAcknowledgments xiGrowing Up 1Early FBI 19Years as a Street Agent 31Washington and Boston 57Mississippi 89Atlanta 113Administrative Services Division and Director Sessions 157Louie Freeh: Part One 175SAC in Phoenix and the Oklahoma City Bombing 187Louie Freeh: Part Two 229Preparation for Retirement 247Outlook on the Future of the FBI 255Epilogue: Semiretirement in Arizona and Reflections on Life and Career 267Index 269About the Author 279
\ From the Publisher"It's a key survey offering an insider's stories of major historical FBI cases during his tenure, blending autobiography with Bureau workings and insights and considering four decades of service and Bureau changing work."\ “Weldon Kennedy’s book is full of fresh anecdotes and insights into the FBI and its director, related by one of the bureau’s most respected high-ranking leaders.”\ “For more than thirty years, Mr. Kennedy’s career has been one of high dedication. He has exhibited unwavering loyalty and commitment to the FBI and its mission, which have earned him the high esteem and confidence of the FBI family and the law enforcement community.”\ \ \
