329: Frank Burton – Hate Crime Note, Surveillance Group

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

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

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Retired agent Frank Burton, Jr. reviews a hate crime investigation where an Arab-American woman received a threatening note made up of vacation brochure clippings that warned “Remember 9/11” and “kids tie to the fence.” The victim feared that she and her two young children would be harmed. Frank conducted over 40 interviews to identify and arrest the surprising creator of the anonymous note. During the episode, Frank also talks about working on the Philadelphia FBI's Special Operations Group (SOG), surveillance squad. Frank Burton served in the FBI for over 22 years.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 329 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams. I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you
0:16.5	who the FBI is and what the FBI does through my books, my blog, and my
0:21.9	podcast case reviews with former colleagues.
0:25.4	Today we get to speak to Retired Agent Frank Burton, who served in the FBI for over 22 years.
0:33.7	In this episode, he reviews a hate crime investigation
0:38.8	where an Arab American woman received a threatening note which mentioned Remember 9-11 and her
0:46.8	kids being tied to offense. The victim feared that she and her two young
0:52.4	children would be harmed.
0:54.3	Frank conducted more than 40 interviews to identify and arrest the surprising creator of the anonymous note.
1:03.0	During this episode, Frank also talks about working on a Special Operations Group
1:09.0	SOG Surveillance Squad.
1:12.0	Frank Burton was assigned to the Philadelphia Division
1:15.2	where he worked Civil Rights Matters and was an SOG team leader conducting
1:21.3	surveillance for all squads and violations in the field office.
1:26.0	Frank and his team were frequently deployed on temporary duty to major events all over the country.
1:32.0	During his Bureau career, he was to major events all over the country.
1:33.0	During his Bureau career, he was also a hostage negotiator,
1:37.5	media coordinator, civil rights coordinator,
1:40.8	coordinator of the employee assistance program EAP and a member of the Bureau's
1:47.0	National Recruitment Team. Frank has been an ordained minister for 27 years. He and his wife are the founders and
1:56.1	pastors of Perfect Will Ministries and Newcastle Delaware. Frank is the author of, from FBI Agent to an Apostle, Saga of a spiritual sniper,
2:09.4	where he details his life experiences and how one encounter during his FBI career changed his entire life.
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