FBI Names Counterintelligence Expert To Head Boston Division

BOSTON (AP) — The FBI has named a counterintelligence expert as the new special agent in charge of the agency's Boston division.

FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday named Harold Shaw to the post. Shaw most recently worked as the special agent in charge of the Counterintelligence Division of the FBI's New York division.

Shaw has worked for the FBI since 1999. He investigated international and domestic terrorism cases, including the USS Cole bombing. He worked as a case agent following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorism attacks.

In 2003, he was promoted to supervisory special agent and was detailed to the CIA's Counterterrorism Center, where he worked as one of the first liaison officers between the FBI and CIA in the post 9/11 era.

Shaw will succeed Vincent Lisi, who retired last week. He is scheduled to start in October.

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