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...director Robert Mueller shook up the FBI today with the bureau's most dramatic reorganization since the post-Watergate reforms. In recognition of the new threats facing the U.S., counter-espionage, the bureau's bread and butter during the Cold War, has received an effective demotion. Dale Watson, who has been in charge of counter-terrorism, will move up to executive assistant director, supervising both C/T and counter-intelligence functions. Also, some resources are expected to be shifted from counter-intelligence to the war on terrorism...
...Another impact of the 9/11 attacks: Mueller is elevating and expanding counter-terror analytical functions into a new Office of Intelligence. He also hopes to hire a respected retired police chief to run a new office of Law Enforcement Coordination, designed to improve the bureau's often-testy relations with state and local police. That office will be supervised by executive assistant director Kathleen McChesney, who will also run the lab, the FBI Academy, the fingerprint division and other support services...
...Mueller says the bureau will drop some tasks that can be handled by other federal agencies or state and local police, but he is elevating cyber-crime with a new, dedicated division. "In next five to ten years, cyber-crime is going to be one of those areas in which we ought to be the leader," he says. Reuben Garcia, the bureau's highest-ranking Hispanic agent, will become the executive assistant director supervising that division and the old criminal investigations division...
...limit the damage. The feds have shown an increasing willingness to work with local police. "The interaction between federal authorities and local police has improved since September 11th," says Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum. Wexler credits a lot of that to FBI Director Robert Mueller. After some initial heavyhandedness by the feds, Mueller has worked tirelessly to keep cops informed and involved...
...instance, would be better worked by the DEA, solo. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms could handle abortion clinic bombings, and the Secret Service is better than the FBI at certain complex credit card and cyber-cash scams. But some lawmakers want the FBI on those issues. Now Mueller faces the tricky job of satisfying Congress while assuring Attorney General John Ashcroft he's not making end runs to Capitol Hill, as Freeh was prone...