| Dale Watson | |
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| Nationality | American |
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| Alma mater | Florida State University |
Dale L. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Florida State University (commonly referred to as Florida State or FSU) is a public Research University located in Tallahassee Watson is the former Assistant Director for the Counterterrorism Division of the FBI, as such he headed the FBI investigation into the September 11, 2001 attacks and the 2001 anthrax attacks. The 2001 Anthrax attacks in the United States, also known as Amerithrax from its Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI case name occurred over [1] [2] Watson is a native of Central Florida. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the He graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1972. Florida State University (commonly referred to as Florida State or FSU) is a public Research University located in Tallahassee Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. After college, Watson was commissioned as a regular U.S. Army Infantry Officer where he served five and one-half years. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities.
In February 1978, Watson received his appointment as a Special Agent with the FBI. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) He was first assigned to Birmingham, Alabama and in 1982 he was transferred to New York City. Birmingham (ˈbɝmɪŋhæm is the largest City in the US state of Alabama and is the County seat of Jefferson County. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The City of New York In January, 1985, he was ordered to FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D He later was assigned a field supervisory desk at the Washington Field Office before returning to FBI Headquarters between 1991 through 1994 as Chief of the Iran Unit, Counterterrorism Section, National Security Division (NSD). Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. Counter-terrorism or counterterrorism refers to the practices tactics, techniques and strategies that Governments militaries, Police departments
In May 1994, he was selected as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Kansas City Division, where he served until June 1996. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) In this position he played a key role in the investigation into the Oklahoma City bombing. The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist attack on April 19 1995 aimed at the U Watson was then named as the Deputy Chief of the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) Couterterrorism Center where he was instrumental in the successful investigation of the Khobar Towers bombing in 1996. near as long as it used to be several months ago It has been actively summarized and split into sub-articles and there is a dynamic talk page discussion of all The Khobar Towers bombing was a terrorist attack on part of a housing complex in the city of Khobar, Saudi Arabia, located near the national oil company ( Saudi
In January 1997, he was reassigned to FBI Headquarters as the Chief of the FBI's International Terrorism Section, NSD, where he served until his appointment in July 1998, as the Inspector Deputy Assistant Director of NSD with responsibility for the FBI's Counterterrorism programs. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) In this capacity he oversaw the international investigations into the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings and USS Cole bombing. In the 1998 US Embassy bombings ( August 7, 1998) hundreds of people were killed in simultaneous Car bomb explosions at the United States The USS Cole bombing was a Suicide bombing attack against the U
In 1999 Watson was promoted to be the first Assistant Director of the newly formed Counter-terrorism Division at FBI Headquarters by FBI director Louis Freeh. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Louis Joseph Freeh (b January 6 1950 was the 10th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, serving from September 1993 to June 2001 In December 2001 Watson was named Executive Assistant Director for Counterterrorism/Counterintelligence. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.
Watson retired from the FBI in 2002 to join the Washington D. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. C. -based consulting firm of Booz Allen Hamilton.