FBI history: the Cleveland Division

The FBI’s history page for its Cleveland Division is undated; the date on this page is the year it was read, and the page may be revised. It is the Bureau’s summary, not a record of any case.

For the 1950s it says that “Significant organized crime leaders in the area were pursued under the Bureau’s ‘Top Hoodlum’ program.” For the 1980s: “In Cleveland, the case called ‘Operation Busmark’ illustrates how important these tools were. In this investigation, the Cleveland Division and Ohio State Police used undercover agents and wiretaps to build a RICO case that led to the conviction of top mobsters like Angelo Lonardo, Joseph Gallo, Frederick Graewe, and Kevin MacTaggart in the early 1980s on drug-running and other charges. Twenty-five federal and 20 state convictions followed from this case. After being sentenced to life in prison in 1983, Lonardo became a cooperating witness, and even more mid-western mobsters went to jail as a result of his testimony.”

The page spells the case “Busmark” and the defendant “MacTaggart”; FBI SAC Griffin’s 1988 Senate testimony spells it “Buzzmark,” and the court records spell the name McTaggart. The page does not mention Danny Greene, James Licavoli or the 1970s bombings.