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So it was that "crime buster" J. Edgar Hoover was himself a beneficiary
of ADL largesse (a large portion of which, as we have seen, came from the
coffers of Lansky and his criminal syndicate.)
LOOKING THE OTHER WAY
Critical J. Edgar Hoover biographer Curt Gentry notes that Hoover's
FBI was never strongly concerned with Lansky's activities. According to
Gentry, "The Dallas and Miami field offices [of the FBI] had blind spots. As
a result, there were no taps or bugs on [Lansky's protégé, New Orleans
Mafia boss Carlos] Marcello, [Lansky's Tampa Mafia underling Santo]
Trafficante, and, except for a brief period, Meyer Lansky. "221
(In Chapter 10, Chapter 11, and Chapter 12 we will explore Lansky's
relationships with Marcello, Trafficante and other "Mafia" figures further.)
Gentry adds: "There was a rumor, often heard in the underworld, that
Meyer Lansky had his own man very high up in the FBI. William Sullivan
had his own suspect, someone close to both the director and [Hoover's close
friend and second in command, Clyde] Tolson, who was reputedly living far
above his means. This was one case the FBI never solved." 222
This same Sullivan happened to be the number three man at the FBI
behind Hoover and Tolson. As head of the Bureau's highly secretive
Division Five, Sullivan was in charge of domestic counterintelligence. Also
in charge of the FBI's participation in the Warren Commission
investigation, Sullivan was not only a close friend of James Angleton, head
of the Mossad desk at the CIA, but also—incredibly enough—a CIA conduit
within the FBI itself. 223 (We will examine Angleton's role in the JFK
assassination in much further detail in Chapter 8 and in Chapter 16).
As head of the FBI's Domestic Intelligence, Sullivan was in charge of
the infamous COINTELPRO operations against, among others, Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. and a bevy of left-wing (and right-wing) political
groups. 224 COINTELPRO relied heavily on the Israeli lobby's Anti-
Defamation League for continuing and ongoing intelligence reports as it had
since at least before World War II.
A DEAD WITNESS
Clearly a man with much inside knowledge, Sullivan was shot to death
in a strange hunting accident on November 9, 1977 just prior to the time
that he was to be called to testify before the House Select Committee on
Assassinations.
Sullivan, who had resigned from the FBI, having broken with Hoover,
had told investigators that he had become disenchanted when Hoover told
him personally, "I am most concerned about having something issued so we
can convince the public that Lee Harvey Oswald is the real assassin." 225
Whatever Sullivan did know about Hoover—and perhaps Hoover's
relationship with Meyer Lansky—will never be known.