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![The FBI file of Bureau's lead investigator in the Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination makes little mention of his efforts](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2018/01/13/Deke.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
The FBI file of Bureau’s lead investigator in the Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination makes little mention of his efforts
by
Beryl Lipton
As the third highest ranking official in the Federal Bureau of Investigations, Cartha “Deke” DeLoach worked some of the Bureau’s biggest cases, including the Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination. However, you wouldn’t know that if you were just going off DeLoach’s own FBI file, which has more about his cholesterol levels in 1968 than leads on the civil rights leader’s murder.
![FBI appears to have investigated - and considered prosecuting - FOIA requesters](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2017/12/12/raid.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
FBI appears to have investigated - and considered prosecuting - FOIA requesters
A recent FOIA release shows the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Director’s Office responded to FOIA requests for known files on deceased FBI officials by presenting options that seemingly included a law enforcement investigation/proceeding against the requesters, with one email calling the requests “SUSPICIOUS.”