274: Diane Harsha – Potty Training Child Exploitation Case

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

True Crime, Interviews, Fiction, History, Fbi, Government, Truecrime

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Retired agent Diane Harsha reviews an exploitation of children case where a man posed as a potty-training expert to take nude photos of a toddler for sexual gratification. Diane also talks about working in a small resident agency (RA) satellite office and the importance of relying on local law enforcement partners. She dedicates this case review to former colleagues from the Moniteau County Sheriff’s Office who were killed in the line of duty during a tragic domestic abuse call. Diane served in the FBI for 29 years.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 274 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.
0:13.2	I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the FBI does through
0:20.1	my books, my blog and my podcast case reviews with former colleagues.
0:25.0	Today we get to speak to retired agent Diane Harsha, who served in the FBI for 29 years.
0:33.2	In this episode, Diane reviews an exploitation of children's case involving a man who posed
0:40.1	as a potty training expert in order to take nude photos of a toddler for his sexual gratification.
0:48.3	She also talks about working in a small resident agency, FBI's satellite office and the importance
0:54.6	of relying on local law enforcement partners.
0:58.6	She dedicates this case review to former colleagues from the Monato County Sheriff's Office
1:05.3	in Missouri who were killed in the line of duty during a tragic domestic abuse call.
1:11.7	We talk about that too.
1:13.2	Diane's work experience and areas of expertise included general criminal, counterterrorism
1:20.3	and crisis negotiations.
1:22.8	During her career, she was assigned to the Kansas City Field Office at the Jefferson City
1:27.6	Resident Agency in Missouri, the Detroit Field Office, Liga Robot in Morocco, and the Memphis
1:36.2	Division at the Nashville Resident Agency in Tennessee.
1:40.3	She was also deployed on many overseas temporary duty assignments, including to Iraq and
1:46.7	Quattonimo Bay.
1:48.7	During and after her FBI career, Diane pursued her love of hiking and the outdoors.
1:55.8	In 2017, she completed the 2200 mile Appalachia Trail, which she began section hiking in 2005.
2:06.1	Diane is the author of Sticks and Stones, How to Hike the Appalachian Trail in 13 years,
2:13.4	her memoir about the journey.
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