M. Wesley Swearingen
Mont Wesley Swearingen (May 20, 1927
Biography
Born in Steubenville, Ohio, Swearingen served in the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946.[1] After the war, he used the GI Bill to study at Ohio State University, where he graduated.
He joined the FBI.[
In Kentucky and New York City, he spent years doing serious criminal investigations, which had been his goal in joining the FBI. But Director J. Edgar Hoover had become fixated on the threat in the 1950s and 1960s that he believed was posed by civil rights groups: first because of links to American communists. posed by such groups as the Black Panther Party.[3][4] and the Weathermen.[5]
Assigned to the Los Angeles FBI field office, Swearingen burglarized the Tucson Five and their lawyers during the FBI's efforts to prosecute them, but no incriminating evidence was found. The Tucson Five were exonerated.[6]
After 25 years with the FBI, Swearingen retired in 1977.[7]
Swearingen was interviewed in the documentary films
He died in Hemet, California on November 13, 2019. [10]
Publications
- FBI Secrets: An Agent’s Exposé. Boston: ISBN 978-0896085015.
- To Kill a President: Finally—an Ex-FBI Agent Rips Aside the Veil of Secrecy that Killed JFK. BookSurge Publishing, 2008. ISBN 978-1419693823.(self-published)
References
- ^ ISBN 9780786417186.
- ISBN 0-89608-501-5.
- ^ ISBN 9780385493680.
- ISBN 9780520224018.
M. Wesley Swearingen.
- ISBN 9781888363012.
- ISBN 9780896085015.
tucson five.
- ^ Crewdson, John M. (January 21, 1979). "Former Agent Cites Illegal FBI Affairs". Ocala Star-Banner. Ocala, Florida. p. 8B. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
- ^ Stewart, Bhob (2015). "All Power to the People! The Black Panther Party and Beyond (1997)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2015-04-15. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
- ^ White, Bill (September 28, 2006). "'U.S. vs. John Lennon' shows the breadth of government paranoia". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
- ^ "Mont Wesley Swearingen, 1927-2019". Legacy.com. November 13, 2019.
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