Larry Potts
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Deputy FBI director, fired by Louis Freeh after Ruby Ridge.
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Larry A. Potts, a controversial former Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, had no Wikipedia page as of May 2015.
Background
Larry Potts holds a B.A. in History and Psychology from the University of Richmond.[1]
FBI Career
After joining the FBI in 1974, Potts worked violent crimes, white-collar crimes and organized crime as a street agent. Later he held numerous management positions in the FBI, including Assistant Director in Charge of the Criminal Investigative Division and Deputy Director, before being demoted by his friend Louis Freeh after controversy surrounding the events of Ruby Ridge and Waco.[2][3]
Later activities
Mr. Potts served as the Chief Operating Officer of Investigative Group International a Washington, D.C. based security consulting company.
He served as the Chief of the Public Corruption Unit where he developed guidelines for conducting public corruption investigations. He was named Inspector-In-Charge of the VANPAC Task Force involving the mail bombing deaths of a Federal judge and a civil rights attorney. He supervised that multi-agency task force of several hundred investigators, which resulted in the successful prosecution of the individual responsible.
Potts has worked for the Scientific Games Corporation since September 2004, and became both Chief Compliance Officer and Director of Security there in February 2006.[1]
