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Thomas Joseph Pickard (born January 6, 1950) is a former acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 71 days in the summer of 2001 following the resignation of Director Louis Freeh. He is the only Democrat to have ever led the FBI in the 115-year history of the organization.
On November 1, 1999, Mr. Pickard was appointed deputy director, the number two position at the FBI. On June 25, 2001, Mr. Pickard was appointed Acting Director of the FBI by Attorney General...
Dec 3, 2001 · Thomas J. Pickard's first big assignment at the F.B.I. was to pose as the accountant of the fake Olympic Construction Company in the famed Abscam case...
Deputy Director Thomas J. Pickard, second in command at the FBI, will retire at the end of November after almost 27 years of service as a special agent.
May 3, 2016 · Thomas J. Pickard (Acting), June 25, 2001 - September 4, 2001. On June 25, 2001, Mr. Pickard was appointed Acting Director of the FBI by Attorney General John Ashcroft. More →
Apr 18, 2004 · THE thought gnaws at Thomas J. Pickard: What would he have done differently if he had known about the far-flung terrorism leads his agents at the F.B.I. were tracking from Phoenix to Minneapolis...
On September 11, 2001, Thomas Pickard was Deputy Director at FBI Headquarters in Washington, DC and Director Robert Mueller had only been sworn in the previous week. He was preparing for a 9 am meeting when his secretary alerted him that a plane had hit the World Trade Center in New York City.
