Richard DesLauriers, Head of Boston FBI, Announces He’s Retiring And Joining Private Sector

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Richard DesLauriers, who has led the Boston FBI office since July 2010, announced he’s retiring from the bureau and taking a job in the private sector, The Boston Globe reports. DesLauriers, who most recently led the response to the Boston Marathon bombings, will retire effective July 13 as he prepares to take…

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Head of FBI’s Boston Office Worked Way Up Bureau Investigating Foreign Spies

  Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As special agent in charge of FBI’s Boston office, Richard DesLauriers is leading the joint investigation into the Boston Marathon attacks. The 52-year-old Massachusetts native doesn’t have a long track record of busting terrorists, but colleagues told Time magazine DesLauriers is a driven, professional and skilled investigator who cut his teeth…

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Head of Boston FBI Says Speculation That the FBI Didn’t Want to Find Whitey Bulger is “Completely Unfounded”

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The head of the Boston FBI  Richard DesLauriers responded Friday to public speculation that the FBI didn’t really want to find mobster James “Whitey” Bulger because he had so much dirt on the agency that could surface publicly.  He called the claims  “completely unfounded.” DesLauriers, in a statement issued Friday afternoon,…

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Mass. Native Richard DesLauriers To Head Boston FBI

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Massachusetts native Richard DesLauriers, who has served as deputy assistant director of Counterintelligence at FBI headquarters, has been tapped to head the agency’s Boston office.  He replaces Warren T. Bamford, who recently retired from the agency. DesLauriers entered the FBI in 1987 and was first assigned to the Birmingham, Ala. office…

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