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Show The Salt LakeTribune NATION Sunday, August3, 1997 FBI’s Freeh Weathers looking too much the part to be believable. Freeh stands erect as any general, his gaze direct, his jaw jutting. Washington’s Storms He can comeoff as humorless. But there is some- thing likeable about Freeh’s earnest bluntness, he seems to inspire an intenseloyaltyin nearly eryone who has workedwith him. @ From Previous Page and ev- in his spaciousoffice in the J. Edgar Hoover FBI AS And two yearslater, Freeh was an equally natural choice when the newly elected President Clinton needed someoneto resurrect a stumbling FBI While a string of high-profile fiascoes — Ruby Ridge, Waco, the Olympic bombing — have drawn mostattention, Freeh’s FBI has also committed a series of bungles that involve politics more than law enforcement In July 1996, FBI general counsel Howard Sha- ery one of the controversies hadits origins before Freeh took over, but they exploded during his tenure. iro, mia Freeh confidant, gave the White House a inconsistent with reality,” Freeh said. Vhom are we comparing him to, some mythical “It doesn’t mean they're not important and serious, but you've gotto look at this institution in perspective.” Pp v is that wrong- everything we want? No. But would God himself be everything we want? No. In dealing with reality, heis Freeh served as an FBI agent from 1975 to 1981, then becamea federal prosecutor in Manhattan, In 1985, he prosecuted the famous Pizza Connection case, targeting a Mafia heroin network, seending into Illinois, that used pizza parlors as fronts. Freel utopian Hollywood version of an FBI director or Teality?” asked Richard Gallo, president of siai Law Enforcement Officers Association.the‘IsFedhe probably the best FBI director there hasever been.” Freeh can claim stigative successes ranging from the Unabom to the Oklahoma City bombing. He also has broughtless visible changes to the agency by expanding opportunities for minorities and imposing tough newdisciplinary rules. lf Freeh, 47, were ever considered for a movie role as FBI director, he would probablybe rejected as mely in the bi won convictions of 16 of the 17 defendants. The intense young prosecutor continued pretty muchlike that, cutting a swath through the federal promoting his longtime comrade, Larry Potts, to the ureau's No. 2 slot. Potts had been reprimandedfor failing to correct the improperrules of engagement at Ruby Ridge, and some suspected his role was more sinister than that. Amidc of cronyism and cover-up, Freeh was forcedto back down, Suddenly, the FBI seemedtainted by politics — a particularly deadly image in an agency that has yet to recover from Hoover's penchant for filing away titillatingtidbits on Washington's high and mighty. : A : headsShapiro's TEREA ep EEOCand OREEL files, action showed bad judgment sufficientinde endence from the White Housein-a lustice Department report concluded. Shapiro, whose relationship pdnaittad hin mistakewith Freeh dates back to 126s A . “He inherited a whole raft of problems, and he has ocr 7. cteadily ae and erectivctsMo resolving those prob erat oe palaat Gee eeacca Breed 9! tae Uae as Stag Mh ) dare era eesaid.carEGE Ge eeaoe ee lems, Reno “But we've made real progress thanks to Louis’ leadership eriticized the decision, saying the informationrelated to national security and he had a right to know i But Freel ost famous Freeh says, Thencarlier this year, the FBI chose not to give “Since the days of Hoover, the FBI director has the White House information alleged hi- served a 10-year term Despite occasional rumors nese influence-peddling. Thisregarding time, Clinton Freeh says he has noplans te leave anytime sor tei foily was insisting on he does not commit finishing out his term. either Anothercrisis may erupt tomorrow but, for now “I’mvery, very happy here. courts. 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