The Squeaky Clean G-Man

Clinton's choice for FBI chief comes with a sterling reputation, but can he revitalize the agency?

As a 10th-grader at a Roman Catholic boys school in New Jersey, Louis Freeh was "very quiet, very serious and very intelligent," recalls his English teacher, Clyde Borg. "Louis did everything he was supposed to do," says Borg. "I don't think he ever got into trouble." Maybe that was part of his plan. By the 10th grade, Freeh had already known for six years that he wanted to work for the FBI.

Freeh (pronounced Free) did become an FBI agent, as well as a federal prosecutor and, two years ago, a federal judge. And last week, even before he arrived at...

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