Veteran FBI Agent, a Pennsylvania Native, Becomes Director of Office of National Counterintelligence Executive

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Agent William Evanina, who helped investigate the anthrax attacks in 2001 and the hijacking of United Airlines Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001, is moving to a new job, Citizens Voice reports. Evanina has been appointed director of the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive, giving him a important role in…

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Robert Anderson Promoted to Assist. Director FBI’s Counterintelligence Division

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Robert Anderson, Jr., is moving up. Anderson, who has been the deputy assistant director of the Counterintelligence Division at FBI headquarters has been promoted to assistant director of the division. Anderson joined the FBI in 1995 and was assigned to the Washington Field Office, where he investigated narcotics and violent crimes….

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FBI Agent Robert Allan Jones Who Served on FBI’s bin Laden Unit to Head Indianapolis Division

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Robert Allan Jones, who served on the Osama bin Laden unit, and eventually moved up to his latest post as FBI section chief in the Counterintelligence division at headquarters, has been named head of the FBI Indianpolis division. Jones joined the FBI in September 1996 and was first assigned to the…

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Column: Did Russian Spies Fool FBI?

Jeff Stein By Jeff Stein Spy Talk WASHINGTON — Two longtime veterans of the intelligence wars between Russia and the West say it’s inconceivable that the spies deported to Moscow Friday didn’t detect FBI surveillance years ago. And that, they say, could explain why the FBI never produced evidence in court that the “illegals” had…

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