[3] As a child, Olney was taken to see Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, where he witnessed Annie Oakley's marksmanship.

[3] Olney was a member of Berkeley Troop 9 of the Boy Scouts of America under Scoutmaster H.C. Keran, where he won a medal from the Treasury Department for selling Liberty bonds during World War I.

[3] He attended Pamona for one year before transferring to the University of California at Berkeley, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts.

"[3] Beginning on 15 October 1927, Olney served as Assistant District Attorney in Contra Costa County, California.

[3] On 10 September 1930, Olney was hand-picked by Earl Warren to replace Frank Ogden as Assistant District Attorney in Alameda County, California.

[5] Olney has stated that he justified this to himself by the thinking that he was protecting these Americans from attack by their fellow neighbors, and continued to advocate for their rights, even while enforcing their removal to concentration camps.

[1] At this time, Olney focused on the cases of Artie Samish and the murder of Tom Keene, the George Rochester Suit, Fred Grange and the Mendocino Trial, and underworld figures.

[1] Some of the cases Olney was involved in at this time include; According to Senator Lieberman, in 1954, Olney responded to a question by Joseph McCarthy in a letter stating that "it was his right as a congressional investigator to order witnesses to answer questions about whether they know any Communists who might be working in the government or in defense plants.

[8] In April 1953, before the Senate Banking Committee, Olney charged the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) was "in partnership with lenders and promoters of home repairs with no responsibility for the victims of swindlers.

"[9] Olney advocated for homeowners, saying that the Rental Apartment Project Loan Program allowed "unscrupulous builders to pocket hundreds of millions of dollars in windfall profits.

"[10] Olney introduced the concepts of "dynamiters" and "suede shoe boys," to the Committee, saying that these men would sell intentionally bad repairs to homeowners at "exorbitant prices.

In the final year of his tenure at this position, Olney successfully saw the creation of the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division.

[16] In 1963, Olney was considered for the position of General Council for the Warren Commission, but was replaced by J. Lee Rankin at the urging of Hale Boggs.