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Thomas J. Foley

Thomas J. Foley
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Thomas J. Foley

In 2004, then-Attorney General John Ashcroft awarded Thomas J. Foley the United States Attorney General's Award for Exceptional Service for his role in the Whitey Bulger/John Connolly investigation. It is the Justice Department’s most prestigious award.A career officer with the Massachusetts State Police, Col. Thomas J. Foley rose to become Superintendant, its highest ranking officer, in 2001. Starting in 1984, he was a member of the State Police’s first task force against organized crime, helping to create the Investigative Unit that was dedicated to bringing James J. “Whitey” Bulger to justice. In 1995, Foley's group successfully brought the... Read full bio

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May 24, 2012
Most Wanted is now available in eBook
May 08, 2012
Most Wanted will be released on May 08, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
May 08, 2012
Most Wanted is now available in Hardcover, eBook
May 08, 2012
Most Wanted will be released on May 08, 2012 in eBook
May 08, 2012
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GoLocalProv, May 15, 2012
...{image_1}What's it like to investigate notorious criminal Whitey Bulger? Massachusetts State Police Colonel Thomas J. Foley did just that for two years, and his new book, MOST WANTED: Pursuing Whitey Bulger, the Murderous Mob Chief the FBI Secretly...
MSNBC, May 8, 2012
...organized crime boss, " Most Wanted: Pursuing Whitey Bulger, the Murderous Mob Chief the FBI Secretly Protected ," by Thomas J. Foley, Col. [Ret.], Massachusetts State Police, and John Sedgwick. "Most Wanted" is the account of the former head of the...
Boston Channel, May 7, 2012
...State Police colonel who spent 20 years building a case against the reputed mobster co-authored the book. Col. Thomas J. Foley's "Most Wanted" book is about Bulger's alleged crimes, Boston's Irish mob and the failures of the law enforcement agencies....
Irish Central, May 7, 2012
...Col. Thomas J. Foley holds nothing back on FBI’s handling of the case In a new book that chronicles his time building a case against the notorious Whitey Bulger, former Massachusetts...
CBS Boston, July 14, 2011
...why he was so good at what he did in his criminal enterprise,” said former State Police Colonel Thomas Foley, who led the investigations that resulted in the criminal charges against Bulger. “If he had put some of that intelligence into a legitimate...
GoLocalProv, May 15, 2012
...{image_1}What's it like to investigate notorious criminal Whitey Bulger? Massachusetts State Police Colonel Thomas J. Foley did just that for two years, and his new book, MOST WANTED: Pursuing Whitey Bulger, the Murderous Mob Chief the FBI Secretly...
Arizona Daily Sun, May 11, 2012
...scraps wherever it can, rather than collecting payoffs from a range of businesses. Retired Massachusetts state police Col. Thomas J. Foley, whose book on the hunt for reputed Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger was published this week, said the New...
Racine Journal Times, May 11, 2012
...scraps wherever it can, rather than collecting payoffs from a range of businesses. Retired Massachusetts state police Col. Thomas J. Foley, whose book on the hunt for reputed Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger was published this week, said the New...
Longview Daily News, May 11, 2012
...scraps wherever it can, rather than collecting payoffs from a range of businesses. Retired Massachusetts state police Col. Thomas J. Foley, whose book on the hunt for reputed Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger was published this week, said the New...
Tuscaloosa News, May 11, 2012
...scraps wherever it can, rather than collecting payoffs from a range of businesses.Retired Massachusetts state police Col. Thomas J. Foley, whose book on the hunt for reputed Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger was published this week, said the New...
Muscatine Journal, May 11, 2012
...scraps wherever it can, rather than collecting payoffs from a range of businesses. Retired Massachusetts state police Col. Thomas J. Foley, whose book on the hunt for reputed Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger was published this week, said the New...
Erie Times-News, May 11, 2012
...scraps wherever it can, rather than collecting payoffs from a range of businesses. Retired Massachusetts state police Col. Thomas J. Foley, whose book on the hunt for reputed Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger was published this week, said the New...