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FBI Retired Case File Review

Episode 001: Interview with Retired Agent Tom Cotton

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

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

4.62.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2016

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to the first episode of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerri Williams. I'd like to take a moment to introduce myself. I'm a retired agent writing crime fiction inspired by actual FBI investigations. My debut novel, Pay to Play, about a female FBI agent investigating corruption in the Philadelphia strip club industry, will be published later this year. FBI Retired Case File Review will feature interviews with retired FBI agents discussing their careers and their most intriguing cases. In this episode, I interview Tom Cotton who retired from the FBI more than 20 years ago. He talks about being assigned to six different offices and working a variety of cases involving Soviet spies, bank robbers, mob guys, and corrupt politicians. I'll also discuss crime fiction and dramas - books, movies and TV shows - especially those depicting the FBI. Photos and links to news articles about the topics and cases discussed during each episode of FBI Retired Case File Review can always be found at www.jerriwilliams.com under the Podcast tab.

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0:00.0

Welcome to episode number one of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.

0:09.0

This show will feature interviews with retired FBI agents who will talk about their careers and their most intriguing cases.

0:16.6

I'll also talk about crime fiction and drama, books, movies, television shows depicting the FBI.

0:24.0

Before we get to our first interview,

0:26.0

I'd like to take a moment to introduce myself.

0:29.0

I'm a retired agent writing crime fiction inspired by actual FBI investigations.

0:35.0

I spent most of my 26-year career working on an economic crime squad

0:40.0

investigating Ponzi schemeshemes, Advanced Fee Scams, Business to Business, Telemarketing Fraud,

0:48.0

and Corporate Corruption and Embesalments.

0:51.0

During the last five years of my FBI career I served as the media

0:55.3

coordinator and spokesperson for the Philadelphia division even though I'm now a

1:00.6

full-time author I can't seem to get media and public relations out of my system.

1:07.0

So I am embracing my inner Oprah and producing FBI retired case file review.

1:15.0

Just one more thing before I introduce my guest.

1:18.0

I want to let you know that photos and links to news articles about the cases discussed can always be found at Jerry

1:26.0

Williams.com in the show notes under the blogcast tab and now here's the show.

1:33.0

This is Jerry Williams and with me today is Tom Cotton.

1:37.0

Tom is a retired agent.

1:40.0

He served, how many years did you serve, Tom?

1:42.0

25 years with the FBI.

1:45.6

But the interesting thing is he retired over 20 years ago.

1:49.4

So I would imagine that the FBI may be a little different

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