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Louis Freeh

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Crime Fighter

The Resume

    (January 6, 1950- )
    Born in Jersey City, New Jersey
    FBI Special Agent (1975-81)
    Associate US Attorney and Chief of the Organized Crime Office for the Southern District of New York (1981-91)
    US District Court Judge (1991-93)
    Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1993-2001)
    Appointed by Penn State to conduct an internal investigation into the Jerry Sandusky scandal (2011-12)

Why he might be annoying:

    He repeatedly clashed with Attorney General Janet Reno.
    He was criticized for micromanaging the FBI.
    Business Week editorialized, 'The FBI Director has bungled one job after another, from Waco to Wen Ho Lee, while his office leaks memos and misleads investigators.'
    He resigned in the wake of the Robert Hanssen espionage fiasco.
    The 9/11 Commission criticized his failures in counterterrorism, including lapses in organization, technology and communications.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He headed an investigation into corruption on the New York waterfront that produced 117 convictions against mafiosi and union officials.
    He was the lead prosecutor for the 'Pizza Connection' case of drug trafficking and money laundering by the Sicilian mob in New York.
    He appointed the FBI's first Hispanic and female assistant directors.
    He ended discrimination in hiring agents based on sexual orientation.
    He oversaw a three-fold expansion in the FBI's presence overseas.
    He was credited with improving agent morale.
    He offered to serve without salary as New Jersey's anti-terrorism czar. (Governor Jim McGreevey opted to name his gay lover to the post instead.)

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 72 Votes: 52.78% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 49 Votes: 83.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 37.50% Annoying