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MY LIFE ON THE FRONT LINES
AGENT
AS A WOMAN IN THE FBI
C D L
ANDICE E ONG
E P
LISA ETRINI
AND
NEW YORK
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He who strives for freedom every day
To him may we grant redemption
—GOETHE
This book isdedicatedtothethirty-threebravemenandwomenofthe
FederalBureauofInvestigationwhohavebeenkilledinthelineofduty
as the direct result of an adversarial action, and to their families. The
brave sacrifice of their lives, for the good ofall,will neverbeforgotten.
Edwin C. Shanahan, 27 years old when killed on 10/11/25 in
Chicago, Illinois
PaulE.Reynolds,29yearsoldwhenkilledon8/9/29nearPhoenix,
Arizona
Raymond J. Caffrey, 30 years old whenkilled on6/17/33inKansas
City, Missouri
W.CarterBaum,29yearsoldwhenkilledon4/22/34nearBohemia
Lodge, Wisconsin
Herman E. Hollis, 31 years old when killed on 11/27/34 near
Barrington, Illinois
Samuel E. Cowley, 34 years old when killed on 11/28/34 near
Barrington, Illinois
Nelson B. Klein, 37 years old when killed on 8/16/35 in College
Corner, Indiana
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Wimberly W. Baker, 27 years old when killed on 4/17/37 in To-
peka, Kansas
TruettE.Rowe,33yearsoldwhenkilledon6/1/37inGallup,New
Mexico
William R. Ramsey, 34 years old when killed on 5/3/38 near
Penfield, Illinois
Hubert J. Treacy, Jr., 29 years old when killed on 3/13/42 in
Abingdon, Virginia
Joseph J. Brock, 44 yearsold when killedon7/26/52inNewYork,
New York
John Brady Murphy, 35 years old when killed on 9/26/53 in Mil-
waukee, Wisconsin
RichardPurcellHoran,34yearsoldwhenkilledon4/18/57inSuf-
field, Connecticut
TerryR.Anderson,42yearsoldwhenkilledon5/17/66nearShade
Gap, Pennsylvania
Douglas M. Price, 27 years old when killed on 4/25/68 in San
Antonio, Texas
Anthony Palmisano, 26 years old when killed on 1/8/69 in
Washington, D.C.
Edwin R. Woodriffe, 27 years old when killed on 1/8/69 in
Washington, D.C.
Gregory W. Spinelli, 24 years old when killed on 3/15/73 in
Charlotte, North Carolina
Jack R. Coler, 28 years old when killed on 6/26/75 at Pine Ridge,
South Dakota
Ronald A. Williams, 27 years old when killed on 6/26/75 at Pine
Ridge, South Dakota
JohnnieL.Oliver,35yearsoldwhenkilledon8/9/79inCleveland,
Ohio
CharlesW.Elmore,34yearsoldwhenkilledon8/9/79inElCentro,
California
Jarad R. Porter, 44 years old when killed on 8/9/79 in El Centro,
California
Robin L. Ahrens, 33 years old when killed on 10/5/85 in Phoenix,
Arizona
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JerryL.Dove,30yearsoldwhenkilledon4/11/86inMiami,Florida
BenjaminP.Grogan,53yearsoldwhenkilledon4/11/86inMiami,
Florida
L.Douglas Abram,48yearsoldwhenkilledon1/19/90inSt.Louis
County, Missouri
John L. Bailey, 47 years old when killed on 6/25/90 in Las Vegas,
Nevada
Martha Dixon Martinez, 35 years old when killed on 11/22/94 in
Washington, D.C.
Michael J. Miller, 40 years old when killed on 11/22/94 in
Washington, D.C.
William Christian, Jr., 48 years old when killed on 5/29/95 in
Greenbelt, Maryland
Charles L. Reed, 45 years old when killed on 3/22/96 in Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I am grateful to the following people for their help with this book:
Retired Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Rick
Hahn,RoyLane,Jr.,GordonMcNeill,GerryMiller,TomNorris,Mi-
chael D. Wilson, and to the many others who requested that I not
mention their names; to K. D. Sullivan and Ann Longknife of Creative
Solutions; to David Lombard-Koy, for true friendship; and to Kathy
Dunlap Haibach, for always being there.
IalsoverymuchappreciatethehelpofformerAssistantUnitedStates
Attorney Jeremy Margolis; retired Special Agents of the Illinois State
Police Ed Cisowski and Tom Schumpp; Special Agents of the Drug
EnforcementAdministrationRickBarrettandDaveTibbets;AbdulMa-
bud of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; Sheriff Tom
Templeton of LaSalle County, Illinois; Chief John Milner and Com-
mander Ray Bradford of theElmhurst,Illinois,PoliceDepartment;and
I honor the memory of the late Gary Konzak, former chief of the
LaGrange, Illinois, Police Department, and the late Edward Hegarty of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
I am thankful to Ken Follett, who saw the potential in my story,
encouraged me from the beginning, and opened the right doors;tomy
agent, Elaine Koster, who made the dream come true; to my writer,
x Acknowledgments
Elisa Petrini, for getting my voice on paper; and to Martha Levin at
Hyperion for believing in this book.
Finally, I am eternally grateful to my parents, Ken and Geraldine
Rosing, for raising me in an environment whereanythingwaspossible,
and to my brothers, Wayne, Keith, and Glenn Rosing, for keepingme
onmytoesratherthanonapedestal.Iamespeciallythankfultomyson,
Seth Rosing DeLong, my grounding rod, whose encouragement, sup-
port, coaching, and gentle nagging made this book happen.
Elisa Petrini would like to thank Candice DeLong for the glimpse into
a fascinating world of intrigue and adventure—it has been thrilling to
walk even a mere block or two in Candice’s shoes!—as well as Seth
DeLong, Rick Hahn, and the many others in law enforcement who
have contributed time and memories.IamgratefultoDeborahSchnei-
der for the referral to Elaine Koster, our intrepid agent onthisbook;to
Elaine, for pullingtheprojecttogether,runninginterference,andoffer-
ing tireless support; and to Martha Levin and all the hardworking folks
at Hyperion. Iam alsoindebtedtoStuartApplebaum,forhisinvaluable
goading and unfailingly wise advice; to Lisa Drew, for books and good
counsel; to Denise Stinson and Craig Nelson, for dailyencouragement;
and to Alan Hubbell and Ann-Marie Komiensky; as well as to dear,
sustainingfriends and colleagues:JodyRein,SusanGoodman,JimLan-
dis, Leslie Meredith, Ellen Levine, Ilene Bellovin, Susan Kamil, Mary
Evans, Sheila Weller, Gina Barnett, and Joseph and Dvorah Telushkin,
alongwithmylongtimemainstaysToddMillerandPatHanafee.Finally,
I would like to acknowledge my parents, Mario Petrini and Valeria
Colombatto Brown, Aunt Alma Petrini, and Grandfather Joseph Col-
ombatto, and especially, my sister Andrea Petrini, for her priceless gifts
of time.
PREFACE
In the year 2000, I reached my twentieth anniversary in the FBI and
became eligible for retirement. Most agents retire after twenty years or
at age fifty, while they still feel young enough to shift gears,ratherthan
work straight through to the mandatory retirement age of fifty-seven.
Forme,the date alonesuggestedcompletion—itseemedonlyfitting,at
thecloseofthemillennium,towindupaphaseoflife.Then,too,most
agents harbor certain ambitions: to catch a Class A fugitive, to capture
a dangerous terrorist or killer, and to rescue a child from an abductor.I
had done all three.
As I talked to my family and friends about retiring, I came to realize
that my fairly typical life in the FBI sounded rather extraordinary to
those outside law enforcement. Female special agents were well repre-
sented in fiction, but no one could recall a memoir by a woman who
came in, as I did, in the years shortly after J. Edgar Hoover’s death.So,
ontheeveofmyretirement,Iwaspersuadedtorecordthesestoriesand
gained, as agents must, the blessing of the Bureau (to ensure that no
sensitive information related to national security or pending cases is re-
vealed). After my retirement, when I would no longer be perceived as
a Bureau spokesperson but as a private citizen, I would be allowed to
discuss them publicly.
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Some of the people cited in this book who are still active or retired
FBI personnel could not be located or have requested anonymity, so I
have assigned them pseudonyms, referredtothembynicknamesorfirst
names, and in some cases, altered their descriptions to preserve their
professional privacy. Other names, places, and physical characteristics
have been changed to protect the identities of victims. Finally, I have
changed names and descriptions, often inventing nicknames, to avoid
embarrassing some who might deserve to feel chagrin. It’s enough that
they know who they are. Pseudonyms are designated with an asterisk
(*) at first mention throughout the book.
Onmywall,InowhavethecommemorativeplaquethattheBureau
prepares for every agent who retires. PRESENTED TO SPECIAL AGENT
CANDICE DELONG, it reads, and bears my credentials, along with my
ten- and twenty-year pins, above my dates of service: 1980–2000.This
book is a repository of the memories that it symbolizes,thesatisfactions
and the regrets.
—Candice Rosing DeLong
Spring 2001
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