 Hoover wrote to all special agents in charge, adding in reference to the special agent in charge in New Orleans, Robert Reitmeier, quote, tell Reitmeier that I want him and all personnel in New Orleans to keep their mouths shut. This was February 1967, a week after Jim Garrison's investigation became public. Bobby Kennedy's right-hand man, Walter Sheridan, had spearheaded the blackmail, bribery, and wiretapping that accomplished the conviction of Jimmy Hoffa.