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FBI National Security Branch gets leadership

Global Security Newswire August 15, 2005

The FBI last week announced the leadership of the agency's new National Security Branch.

The department will consolidate the FBI espionage, counterterrorism and intelligence efforts.

FBI official Gary Bald has been selected to lead the new service, with CIA counterterrorism official Philip Mudd serving as his deputy.

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Bald now serves as executive assistant director for counterterrorism and counterintelligence, which included overseeing matters of counterproliferation. He has served in the FBI since 1977, according to an agency press release.

Mudd has served in a number of positions at the CIA since 1985, most recently as deputy head of the agency's Counterterrorism Center.

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  • Hello-- America wake up!!! Am I the only one concerned about: "The department will consolidate the FBI espionage, counterterrorism and intelligence efforts." and the acronym for this new group in the FBI is NSS. Let's see, I forget-- Himmler was in charge of the entire Department but can anyone tell me who reported to him as the head of the SS's espionage, Counterterrorism and intelligence effort in Nazi Germany-- I know Eichmann ran the transportation division? Was it Heydrich who was in charge of the above? What short memories we all have. And we don't even see the loss of democracy in Russia as the KGB raises its ugly head under a new acronym. Those who trade liberty for security deserve neither. Next year I will be in Philadelphia honoring Ben Franklin on his birthday-- I wonder what Ben would say about the FBI consolidating its intelligence terrorism and espionage units. GovExec.com reader Posted August 16, 2005 10:13 AM
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