Rat Fink Snitch Terry Hake - Chicago's Greylord mole tells his story in new book

After almost three decades, the Chicago attorney who went undercover for the FBI in the Greylord investigation is telling his personal story in a new book.

Terry Hake wore a wire for the feds for three and half years, and then testified against corrupt judges for a decade after that.

Thirty five years after he wore a hidden recording device for the FBI, Terry Hake still remembers how he concealed the microphones and wires under his clothing and placed the recorder itself down near his waist.

“I wore it under my belt, because people tend not to touch you in that area,” said Hake.

Hake was a boyish looking young prosecutor when he quietly complained about the ongoing corruption he witnessed at the criminal courts building at 26th and California. The FBI asked him to wear a wire, and by doing that he helped federal prosecutors document payoffs among clerks, attorneys, police and judges.

In December 1983, then U.S. Attorney Dan Webb announced the first indictments of the Greylord Investigation. Eventually 15 judges were convicted, along with 50 attorneys.

“There were tense moments, occasionally, but, being young and single at the time, I thoroughly enjoyed it,” said Hake.          

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