FBI
Director Robert Mueller today announced the appointment of Gary M. Bald
as Inspector-Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI's Counterterrorism
Division. In that capacity
Mr. Bald will oversee operations in international and domestic terrorism
and in terrorist financing.
Mr. Bald began
his career with the FBI in 1977, where he served in the Laboratory Division.
In 1981, he transferred to the Albany Division, where he investigated
corruption and drug matters. In 1989, he was transferred to the Office
of Professional Responsibility, Inspection Division, in Washington,
D.C., where he was responsible for conducting and directing investigations
of internal misconduct. In 1991, he was transferred to the Newark Division,
where he had supervisory responsibility for organized crime and drug
investigations and coordinated the FBI's drug investigations in New
Jersey.
In 1995, Mr. Bald
was transferred to the Inspection Division, in Washington, D.C., where
he was responsible for evaluating the operational and administrative
effectiveness of
FBI Field, Headquarters, and Legal Attaché operations. In 1996,
he was selected to be the Chief of the Policy, Planning and Analysis
Unit, Criminal Investigative Division, where he managed the FBI's role
in Drug Task Forces and coordinated the FBI's review and development
of investigative policies.
In 1996, Mr. Bald
was promoted to the position of Assistant Special Agent in Charge of
the Atlanta Division. In this capacity he was responsible for overseeing
the FBI's organized crime and drug investigations throughout the state
of Georgia. In January 1999, Mr. Bald was detailed to the Criminal Investigative
Division, FBIHQ, where he headed a high profile Organized Crime/Corruption
investigation. He was appointed by Director Mueller to the position
of Special Agent in Charge of the Baltimore Division in September 2002
and held this position until today's appointment.