Brother Stephen

“I couldn’t imagine that the FBI was keeping Halloran a secret from the police. As it turns out, my mistake was the right one to make, for it revealed just how sinister Mike’s counterparts at the DOJ and FBI had become.”
― David B. Wheeler, Killing My Father: The Inside Story of The Biggest FBI Corruption Scandal In History

“Suspiciously, even though Mike was the lead detective on Dad’s homicide investigation, Mackechney had given me more information, most critically, that Halloran had implicated Rico in the murder. Even so, Mike would later describe this conversation as “a groundbreaking moment.” He now knew that he was “getting ready to walk into a battle…I knew things were going to be happening to me. The trust [in the FBI] had been broken officially that day.”[”
― David B. Wheeler, Killing My Father: The Inside Story of The Biggest FBI Corruption Scandal In History

“As days turned into months, Agent Mackechney’s claim that Halloran was unreliable sounded increasingly like a lie. The more I thought about how much Halloran’s story matched mine, the more I worried. I tried to suppress my fear that the FBI murdered Halloran to protect Rico and his team of ex-agents. If the FBI was willing to kill Halloran for talking about who killed Dad, what did that say about my future? Would I be their next victim?”
― David B. Wheeler, Killing My Father: The Inside Story of The Biggest FBI Corruption Scandal In History

“Mike tried to downplay what it would take to overcome the DOJ and FBI’s opposition, telling Dick, “You know what? It’s okay. O’Sullivan may be the big dog in New England, but we’re from Oklahoma, and we are going to prosecute this murder in Tulsa County.”
― David B. Wheeler, Killing My Father: The Inside Story of The Biggest FBI Corruption Scandal In History