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Michael Shaheen Jr., 67, an official with the Justice Department, died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Falls Church, Va. on Nov. 27.
He is survived by his wife, Polly Shaheen of Falls Church; three sons, Michael Shaheen III of Ithaca, N.Y., Timothy Shaheen of Falls Church and Francisco Macedo of Atlanta; four half sisters, including Becky Whittington of Tunica; a half brother and three grandchildren.
Mr. Shaheen was born in Boston, but spent his childhood in Mississippi. He was a graduate of Yale University and Vanderbilt University, where he earned a law degree in 1965.
Before joining the Justice Department, Shaheen served as clerk for a federal judge in Tennessee. He also practiced law in Como, Miss. and would become the town’s mayor in his 20s. He later moved his law practice to Memphis.
In 1973, he was offered a position with in the civil rights division of the Justice Department. He became the special counsel for intelligence to Attorney General Edward H. Levi two years later. At the end of 1975, Levi established the Office of Professional Responsibility of which Shaheen would serve as the founding director for the next 22 years.
In that capacity, Mr. Shaheen investigated matters from the White House to the U.S. borders.
He stepped into the spotlight in 1978, when his office published findings on abuses by Former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover.
In 1993, he made headlines again when he issued a report accusing FBI Director William S. Sessions of misusing government property. Then president Bill Clinton asked Sessions to vacate his post. Prior to that, Shaheen had taken on former attorney general Edwin Meese III, accusing him of unprofessional conduct.
He also investigated attorney generals William French Smith and Benjamin R. Civiletti for their involvement in various matters. A report by Shaheen challenged Smith’s ties to oil and gas tax shelters and Civiletti’s discussions with Billy Carter, the brother-in-law of Jimmy Carter once accused of being a foreign agent for Libya.
In 1995, Shaheen attacked the Clinton administration for their resistance to aid in the investigation of the firings in the Whitehouse travel office.
His duties also extended to reviewing misconduct in government branches including the FBI, the DEA, the U.S. Marshal Service, the Bureau of Prisons and the Border Patrol.
Late in his life, Shaheen served as chief counsel and deputy executive director of the congressionally mandated Commission on the Advancement of Federal Law Enforcement, special investigate counsel for an independent review of the Internal Revenue Service’s criminal investigation division and senior counsel to IRS Commissioner Charles O. Rossotti.
He was a recipient of the Presidential Rank Award for Distinguished Service and two Meritorious Service Awards.
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