Brother Stephen

“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

“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

“Some people are like fragile petals, and they don't recover from hardship. Do we blame the petal? Or do we excuse its fragility and mourn its loss?”
― Aleksandra Layland, Of Wisdom and Valor: The Art of War. The Path of Peace.

“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