Weldon L. Kennedy

Weldon L. Kennedy

Weldon Lynn Kennedy (born September 12, 1938) was a special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and served for 33 years. He is known for his involvement in the Atlanta Prison Riots and the Oklahoma City Bombing.He retired as the FBI's No. 2 in command, Deputy Director in 1997.

History

Weldon was born in Menlow, Texas, a small Texas community that no longer exists. After service as a naval intelligence officer, Weldon joined the FBI in 1963. In 1987, he earned fame as the special agent in charge during a riot at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, where he negotiated an 13 day takeover. He then acted as Special Agent in charge of the arrests and investigation of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols of the Oklahoma City Bombing. In 1995, he was appointed Deputy Director by Louis J. Freeh. In 1997, Kennedy retired and left his office to William Esposito, but only for a few months. Thomas J. Pickard assumed the office officially after Esposito. Kennedy was then hired as Vice Chairman of Guardsmark by Ira A. Lipman. He now resides with his family in Prescott, Arizona. In September 2007 a book of memoirs entitled "On-Scene Commander: From Street Agent to Deputy Director of the FBI" was released by publisher Potomac Books, Inc. [cite web|title=Potomacbooksinc.com|work=Description of Kennedy's book of memoirs|url=http://www.potomacbooksinc.com/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=49879|accessdate=May 30|accessyear=2007]

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