Louis Freeh

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Louis Freeh

Louis Joseph Freeh (born January 6, 1950 in Jersey City , New Jersey ) is an American government official. He was the tenth director of the FBI between September 1, 1993 (under President Bill Clinton ) and June 25, 2001 (President George W. Bush ).

Life

After graduating from Rutgers University in 1971, Louis Freeh received his Juris Doctorate from Rutgers School of Law School in 1974 . At the Law School of New York University followed in 1984 the Master of Laws . In the United States Army Reserve he rose to First Lieutenant .

From 1975 to 1981 Freeh worked as a special agent for the FBI in New York and Washington . He then became assistant federal attorney for the southern district of New York. He was instrumental in the Pizza Connection case . He also investigated the fatal letter bomb attack on Federal Judge Robert Smith Vance .

In July 1991, Freeh was named a judge in the federal district court for the southern district of New York by US President George Bush . Two years later, Bill Clinton was appointed FBI director. The Senate gave its approval on July 20, 1993, so that Freeh could be sworn in on September 1 of the same year. During his tenure there were investigations into cases such as Waco, Khobar Towers and TWA-Flug 800 . In 2000, Business Week editors called for his resignation. The reasons included the Carnivore communications surveillance system , allegations of cover-up in the Waco case, and disobedience to Justice Minister Janet Reno . The charges against the spy Wen Ho Lee collapsed, in February 2001 Robert Hanssen was arrested, who had been spying for Russia for 15 years from the FBI. On May 1, Freeh announced his resignation for June, two years before the regular end of his term.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Case against Louis Freeh . In: Business Week . September 18, 2000 ( businessweek.com ).
personal data
SURNAME Freeh, Louis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Freeh, Louis Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American government official, director of the FBI
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Jersey City , New Jersey