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...NICK NACK DOSSIER. The FBI gave Angleton a file full of tips from a Soviet military intelligence officer code-named "Nick Nack," who outlined Soviet penetrations around the world. Angleton, convinced that the agent was part of a Soviet plot to plant a mole, stuffed the report in a safe and ignored its contents. When Angleton's successor, George Kalaris, followed up the information, all of the 20 leads it contained resulted in arrests and convictions of important Soviet agents. "In each instance," says Mangold, "spies continued to operate for seven to 10 years because of Angleton's neglect...
Police said they left repeated messages at the estate that they wanted to talk to the senator and Smith. They said they were able to talk only with Barry, a former FBI agent who said he handled security for the estate...
...fact, to the unit, how a crime is committed is much more revealing than why. In doing criminal investigative analysis, more popularly known as profiling, agents pore over police reports, autopsy and laboratory results, maps, sketches and photographs of the crime scene. They rarely visit the scene itself. "Police with a suspect in mind may become biased in interpreting information," says agent John Douglas, who heads the profiling branch. "We don't want to be emotionally slanted." Especially important in understanding the criminal is gathering information about the victim. "A profile depends on there being interaction between the offender...
...agents take pains not to exaggerate the powers of profiling. "It's a myth that a profile always solves the case," cautions retired agent Robert Ressler, now a consultant to the unit. "It's not the magic bullet of investigations. It's simply another tool." Behavioral analysis can aid in other ways besides identifying a suspect. It can indicate what the offender might do after the crime: certain types of killers will return to where they disposed of the body; a remorseful murderer is likely to visit the victim's grave...
...often take a souvenir or trophy from their victim, perhaps a piece of jewelry, which they keep to feed their fantasies or give to a girlfriend or mother. Some child molesters maintain extensive kiddie-pornography collections, including photographs and videotapes of themselves in sex acts with their victims. Says agent James Wright: "If you can find the porn collection, it nails down the conviction...