at the time, dillinger jr, though, was in some ways a national phenomenon. know, when he broke out of jail in early 1934, his, his style, his escape catapult them into to newsworthiness and it was a time when because of the gangster crime going on the attorney general said there's this war and crime going on and we're losing and he put the bureau after them and in confronting dillinger jr finally in chicago he tried to escape and as he's turning and pulling his gun out he was shot by fbi agents of a sudden the fame dillinger had seemed to accrue in the transferred to the and it was light of that that we brought down number of other gangsters that hollywood started to take an interest in us the congress allowed us to actually use the name the federal bureau of investigation for the first time before that we had gone by a couple of different names and all of a sudden it's the the bureau that is the number one law enforcement organization in the land, and it's led by the number one law enforcement leader, j edgar hoover that tommy gun, that iconic tommy gun tha

dillinger though was in some ways a national phenomenon. when he broke out of jail in 19 early early 1984 his style catapulted into newsworthiness. and it was a time because of the gangster crime going on the attorney general said there is a wharton crime going on. we are losing. you put the bureau after that and in confronting dillinger finally in chicago he tried to escape. as he is turning and pulling his gun out his shot by fbi agents. all off the sudden the fame dillinger had seen in the papers transferred to the fbi. and it was in light of that we brought down a number of other gangsters. hollywood started to take an interest in this. congress allowed us to name the federal bureau of investigation for the first time before that we dump a couple of different names. and all of the sudden law enforcement j edgar hoover. >> the atomic on the iconic tommy gun you have on display is at a gangsters gun or fbi weapon? >> that one specifically i am not sure of. something we purchased were try to keep up with the bad guys and of course the bad

but, before i do that i am really, really, really proud to introduce hampton dillinger, the new special counsel. i am saying that because he has taken an initiative no other federal agency has done. he's recognized by the importance of national whistleblower day is change the culture throughout the federal government. [applause] for the first time he wrote following up on the incredible resolution of congress, he wrote a letter to the leadership of congress asking they make national whistleblower day a permanent day of celebration under federal law. [applause] he also now incorporating recognition of national whistleblower day into the trainings of all federal agencies. it has a requirement for it federalagencies certification. this is an amazing step forward. that is what we need to force the federal agencies to honor and respect whistleblowers for it is my pleasure to introduce the new special counsel. [applause] >> good afternoon. national whistleblower appreciation day it's a day for thanks it. i also believe it is a day for action. i will get to the action items in a minute. first