Circle of Six (43 page)
Authors: Randy Jurgensen
1) Was there a conspiracy to lure police officers into the Mosque as part of a planned ambush, the purpose of which was to kill them?
2) If so, who were the participants in that conspiracy?
3) Why did the then-Mayor and then-Police Commissioner turn their backs on the homicide of a police officer, as if it had never happened?
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cc: Deputy Commissioner Paul J. Browne
(Via e-mail & FEDEX)
The FBI may be able to help answer at least the first two of these questions.
The case was assigned to me about four years after the shooting had occurred. By then, the die had been more or less cast. I reviewed reports of interviews of well over 100 police officers. Officers reported contact with unidentified FBI agents in the hours immediately following the shooting of Officer Cardillo at the following locations:
1) at the hospital where the later-indicted principal suspect, i.e., Lewis 17X Dupree, had been taken for treatment of minor injuries;
2) in the backseat of the police car transporting Dupree from the hospital to the precinct; and
3) in the precinct, where an FBI agent was seen speaking with Dupree.
In my long experience in law enforcement, this FBI presence was highly unusual and remains unexplained. It was then important to see whether the FBI had any information which could help the case, which had significant evidentiary problems. In particular, Detective Jurgensen and I tried to determine the particulars of the conversation between Dupree and the FBI agent in the precinct. We met resistance. It was only through Detective Jurgensen's efforts that we were able to identify the FBI agent who spoke with Dupree. When I finally spoke with the agent, he said that he could not remember the conversation, nor did he have any notes or reports which could help him remember.
Commissioner Kelly, I think justice would be well served, if you would think it appropriate, to inquire of the FBI as to the details of its actions on April 14,1972, and any other information or sources of information which might help answer the remaining questions about the Mosque case.
One thing is certain. During your tenure as Police Commissioner, a repetition of the Mosque case would be impossible. Thank you for your leadership.
Very truly yours,
James D. Harmon, Jr.
A decorated veteran of the Korean War,
Randy Jurgensen
joined the New York Police Department at 20 years of age. Among other highlights of his career, he arrested Lenny Bruce and broke what became known as the Bag Murders, later to become a movie called
Cruising
. He has earned over 40 citations, medals, and numerous plaques. He has appeared in over thirty films and television shows, and has produced several movies. Although he has been the subject of hundreds of publications, this is his first book.
Robert Cea
retired in his early thirties as a highly decorated police officer. He now splits his time between the East and West Coasts, developing projects in film and television. He is the author of
No Lights, No Sirens: The Corruption and Redemption of an Inner City Cop
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