TUCSON CREDENTIALS

JANUARY 2005

(The Electronic Edition)

From the Chairman's Corner

Approximately 10 former agents and their wives attended the FBI Holiday Party on December 11th at the Hilton El Conquistador. Janet Monroe, the new Special Agent in Charge of the Phoenix office, attended the party and many of us were fortunate to be able to meet her. I am certain that everyone enjoyed the party as much as Candace and I did.

Our roster of speakers for the remainder of the year is shaping up to be highly informative as well as entertaining. I again would like to express my appreciation to Ace Bushnell and Tom McGorray for their efforts in locating top-notch speakers.

We are very fortunate to have as speakers Henry C. and Margaret C. Kenski for the January 3rd meeting. Both of the Kenskis have Ph.D.s and are professionally involved in political analysis and polling and will provide background and insight into the recent election. The Kenskis have served as pollsters for a number of major political candidates. Hank Kenski is a professor at the University of Arizona, and his wife Margaret is owner of Arizona Opinion, a Tucson-based survey research firm. The adjoining biographical sketch of the Kenskis provides more detail on this very insightful and entertaining couple. I encourage you to bring your spouse to this extremely interesting and informative meeting.

The remainder of the meetings will have a law enforcement focus. ASAC ------------, who is responsible for the Tucson Resident Agency, will speak at the February 7th meeting. We expect to have Barbara LaWall, the Pima County Attorney, speak at our March meeting. I am sure you are aware of recent publicity concerning the County Attorneyπs office, and we can expect an interesting discussion. Finally, we are privileged that SAC Monroe, schedule permitting, will speak at our April meeting.

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The Tucson "SPY-der Web" January, 2005

GREAT CHRISTMAS PARTY - the 2004 Tucson FBI Holiday Party was held at

the Hilton El Conquistador, 10,000 N. Oracle Rd in Oro Valley, on

Saturday, December 11, 2004. The Tucson Chapter had 20 members in

attendance and a great time was had by all.

SA JAY HARRISON - age 52, of the Tucson RAdied December 8, 2004 after a

courageous battle against melanoma. A funeral Mass was held at St

Francis de Sales church on Dec. 18,2004, and was attended by several

chapter members.

NEXT REGULAR MEETING - Members of the Tucson Chapter will meet on

Monday, January 3, 2005 for lunch at the HomeTown Buffet, Oracle and

River Rd at 11:30 AM. We will have two dynamite speakers, Hank and

Margaret Kenski. The ladies will enjoy Margaret's presentation very

much.

ANNUAL DUES - are due: There are only three of you that are delinquent.

Send a check for $15 (made out to XFBI-Tucson Chapter) to our new

treasurer: Larry Bagley, 7541 N Calle Cordobesa, Tucson AZ 85704

297-8618.

FBI RAPID TURNOVER - of top-level managers and highly trained

specialists since Sept. 11 is causing disorder within the FBI and

undercutting its efforts to meet the mandate of Congress to dramatically

expand its intelligence and counter-terrorism capabilities. Its new

intelligence arm, which is to form the core of a transformed FBI, is

losing dozens of analysts who are supposed to connect the dots to

protect the country from another terrorist attack. All four members of

the top management team announced by Director Robert S. Mueller III

shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks have left their jobs - as have their

successors. Some other officials have had three or even four jobs since

the attacks.

PHOENIX CHAPTER - The current officers will serve another year: Chairman

- Doug Hopkins, Vice-Chairman - Jose L. Carrera, Secretary - Reno

Walker, Treasurer - Kelly Sanderson.

WESTERN REGIONAL CRUISE - April 18-22, 2005, on the Monarch of the Seas.

Conference to be on board. Ports of Call include San Diego, Ensenada,

Mexico, Catalina Island. Sign up now.

WELCOME OUR NEW CHAPTER OFFICERS: Chairman: Charlie Johnson, Vice

Chairman: Joel Carlson, Secreetary: Tom McGorray, Treasuer: Larry Bagley

FBIAA ISSUES - of concern to Associate members and all retired FBI

agents: Retiree Health Insurance Payments Paid with Pre-Tax Dollars, FBI

Media Advocacy Plan, Advocacy for FBI Retired Credentials (on their way)

Right to Carry Firearms for retired FBI agents.

THE ATLANTA CHAPTER - has planned its annual Christmas luncheon for

December 14, 2004. USMC Captain Jeff Barnes will join us to provide

information about the USMC's "Toys for Tots" program. We have requested

each member bring an unwrapped toy to be donated to the program. In

addition, for the past several months the chapter has been collecting

food for the HOT program to provide food to the troops in Iraq and

Afghanistan, as well as contributions to assist in the mailing packages.

ON DECEMBER 6 - FBI Director Robert Mueller met in Moscow with Russian

Prosecutor-General Vladimir Ustinov to discuss US and Russian efforts to

combat terrorism and crime, particularly in the area of intellectual

property.

TUCSON CREDENTIALS - email version. If you would prefer to receive your

monthly copy of Credentials send an email to [email protected] I will be

sending out the email version to mmany of you for yourr evaluation.

ROBERT GEMBERLING (RIP) - There were tears in the eyes of some strong

men yesterday as friends of Bob Gemberling walked out of the chapel

where his life was honored. We've lost a lot. As most of us know, Bob

was the Dallas case agent on the John Kennedy assassination.

JIM GARCIA - new miling address: PO Box 19017, Tucson, AZ 85731 New

Residence: 9391 E. Grapvine Spring Place, Tucson, AZ 85710 Telephone:

(520) 546-3643, [email protected]

FBI AGENTS - saw military interrogators use abusive tactics on

prisoners at the naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The account of

incidents in 2002 involving foreign terrorism suspects held at the base

was contained in a July letter from FBI counterterrorism official Thomas

Harrington, to Maj. Gen. Donald Ryder, the Army's provost marshal, and

was confirmed by Pentagon and Justice Department officials.

The FBI - continues to offer a reward of up to $100,000 for information

of significant relevance to the death of AUSA Jonathan Luna.

THE TUCSON CHAPTER -has an award winning web page at:

http://www.xgboy.com/html/tucchxfbi.html Page contains numerous links to

FBI locally, Society and FBI Nationally. .

FIRST BUREAU CHRISTMAS - the xgboys listserv has received several

interesting post concerning members first Christmas in thew FBI. Where

were you on your first FBI Christmas?

"PRIVATE EYELASHES" - Library of Congress has chosen the non-fiction

book, "Private Eyelashes: Radio's Lady Detectives" to be recorded as a

Talking Book under their National Library Service (NLS) for the Blind

and Physically Disabled. A prominent Washington, DC actress, Nicola

Daval, was selected by the NLS to record the book, about female PI's.

PRESIDENT BUSH - With fellow Republicans blocking a sweeping overhaul of

U.S. spy agencies, President Bush issued orders for the CIA and the FBI

to strengthen their intelligence operations as recommended by the

commission that investigated the Sept. 11 attacks.

The orders, signed by Bush last week and made public by the White House

on Tuesday, call on the CIA to increase by 50 percent the number of

intelligence analysts and officers in the clandestine unit, which

recruits foreign spies and conducts covert operations overseas.

BONUSES - As part of an effort to strengthen anti-terrorism and

intelligence staffing at the FBI, Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.) is

sponsoring legislation that would allow the agency to offer bonuses to

hire and keep key employees. Wolf's legislation would give the director

the authority, in consultation with the Office of Personnel Management,

to provide retention and relocation bonuses to FBI employees who seem

likely to leave the agency or who are being transferred to a location

with a higher cost of living. A bonus could be as much as 50 percent of

an employee's basic pay. The legislation also would authorize the FBI

to pay salaries of as much as $175,500 to people in critical

intelligence positions.

TRILOGY - The FBI computer upgrade known as Trilogy escaped a budgetary

cap suggested by Senate appropriators when House and Senate lawmakers

earlier this month finalized an omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal

2005. But the conference report to the measure recommends that the FBI

commission another independent study of Trilogy to assess its progress.

Negotiators also suggested that the study establish a timeline for

completing the computer upgrade, a new estimate of deployment costs and

an outline of the benefits of making the FBI's Virtual Case File

available as soon as possible.

SOCIETY NATIONAL ELECTION RESULTS - VP Jerry L. Emmons is the new

President-Elect and will assume leadership of the Society at the New

Orleans Convention in 2005. Other newly elected National Officers are:

Lane M. Bonner, Jr., Secretary; Edmund V. Armento, Member-At-Large;

Johnnie L. Joyce, Jr., Southeast VP; Thomas J. Connolly, Florida VP;

Gordon W. McGinley, South Central VP; and W. Thomas (Tim) Pitchford,

North Central VP

PHONE CARDS FOR THE TROOPS - ANYONE can go to the following web address

and purchase phone cards on line through the Military Exchanges. These

cards can be sent to deployed troops in support of ongoing operations,

or to wounded and hospitalized service members in military hospitals in

the US and overseas. https://thor.aafes.com/scs/default.aspx

THE XGBOYS NET - continues to grow with over 1600 members. If interested

send email to [email protected] There is a Digest version which is one long

email per day and this is very popular with those still working. We

just added a "General Politics" list for those who enjoy discussing

Politics not related to the FBI.

INTERNET SITES - worth looking at:

http://listserv2.dakotacom.net/mailman/listinfo/xgboys = xgboy Listserv

http://www.socxfbi.org/Conference/letters.htm = SF National Convention

===

The Tucson "SPY-der Web" January, 2005

GREAT CHRISTMAS PARTY - the 2004 Tucson FBI Holiday Party was held at

the Hilton El Conquistador, 10,000 N. Oracle Rd in Oro Valley, on

Saturday, December 11, 2004. The Tucson Chapter had 20 members in

attendance and a great time was had by all.

SA JAY HARRISON - age 52, of the Tucson RAdied December 8, 2004 after a

courageous battle against melanoma. A funeral Mass was held at St

Francis de Sales church on Dec. 18,2004, and was attended by several

chapter members.

NEXT REGULAR MEETING - Members of the Tucson Chapter will meet on

Monday, January 3, 2005 for lunch at the HomeTown Buffet, Oracle and

River Rd at 11:30 AM. We will have two dynamite speakers, Hank and

Margaret Kinski. The ladies will enjoy Margaret's presentation very

much.

ANNUAL DUES - are due: There are only three of you that are delinquent.

Send a check for $15 (made out to XFBI-Tucson Chapter) to our new

treasurer: Larry Bagley, 7541 N Calle Cordobesa, Tucson AZ 85704

297-8618.

FBI RAPID TURNOVER - of top-level managers and highly trained

specialists since Sept. 11 is causing disorder within the FBI and

undercutting its efforts to meet the mandate of Congress to dramatically

expand its intelligence and counter-terrorism capabilities. Its new

intelligence arm, which is to form the core of a transformed FBI, is

losing dozens of analysts who are supposed to connect the dots to

protect the country from another terrorist attack. All four members of

the top management team announced by Director Robert S. Mueller III

shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks have left their jobs - as have their

successors. Some other officials have had three or even four jobs since

the attacks.

PHOENIX CHAPTER - The current officers will serve another year: Chairman

- Doug Hopkins, Vice-Chairman - Jose L. Carrera, Secretary - Reno

Walker, Treasurer - Kelly Sanderson.

WESTERN REGIONAL CRUISE - April 18-22, 2005, on the Monarch of the Seas.

Conference to be on board. Ports of Call include San Diego, Ensenada,

Mexico, Catalina Island. Sign up now.

WELCOME OUR NEW CHAPTER OFFICERS: Chairman: Charlie Johnson, Vice

Chairman: Joel Carlson, Secreetary: Tom McGorray, Treasuer: Larry Bagley

FBIAA ISSUES - of concern to Associate members and all retired FBI

agents: Retiree Health Insurance Payments Paid with Pre-Tax Dollars, FBI

Media Advocacy Plan, Advocacy for FBI Retired Credentials (on their way)

Right to Carry Firearms for retired FBI agents.

THE ATLANTA CHAPTER - has planned its annual Christmas luncheon for

December 14, 2004. USMC Captain Jeff Barnes will join us to provide

information about the USMC's "Toys for Tots" program. We have requested

each member bring an unwrapped toy to be donated to the program. In

addition, for the past several months the chapter has been collecting

food for the HOT program to provide food to the troops in Iraq and

Afghanistan, as well as contributions to assist in the mailing packages.

ON DECEMBER 6 - FBI Director Robert Mueller met in Moscow with Russian

Prosecutor-General Vladimir Ustinov to discuss US and Russian efforts to

combat terrorism and crime, particularly in the area of intellectual

property.

TUCSON CREDENTIALS - email version. If you would prefer to receive your

monthly copy of Credentials send an email to [email protected] I will be

sending out the email version to mmany of you for yourr evaluation.

ROBERT GEMBERLING (RIP) - There were tears in the eyes of some strong

men yesterday as friends of Bob Gemberling walked out of the chapel

where his life was honored. We've lost a lot. As most of us know, Bob

was the Dallas case agent on the John Kennedy assassination.

JIM GARCIA - new miling address: PO Box 19017, Tucson, AZ 85731 New

Residence: 9391 E. Grapvine Spring Place, Tucson, AZ 85710 Telephone:

(520) 546-3643, [email protected]

FBI AGENTS - saw military interrogators use abusive tactics on

prisoners at the naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The account of

incidents in 2002 involving foreign terrorism suspects held at the base

was contained in a July letter from FBI counterterrorism official Thomas

Harrington, to Maj. Gen. Donald Ryder, the Army's provost marshal, and

was confirmed by Pentagon and Justice Department officials.

The FBI - continues to offer a reward of up to $100,000 for information

of significant relevance to the death of AUSA Jonathan Luna.

THE TUCSON CHAPTER -has an award winning web page at:

http://www.xgboy.com/html/tucchxfbi.html Page contains numerous links to

FBI locally, Society and FBI Nationally. .

FIRST BUREAU CHRISTMAS - the xgboys listserv has received several

interesting post concerning members first Christmas in thew FBI. Where

were you on your first FBI Christmas?

"PRIVATE EYELASHES" - Library of Congress has chosen the non-fiction

book, "Private Eyelashes: Radio's Lady Detectives" to be recorded as a

Talking Book under their National Library Service (NLS) for the Blind

and Physically Disabled. A prominent Washington, DC actress, Nicola

Daval, was selected by the NLS to record the book, about female PI's.

PRESIDENT BUSH - With fellow Republicans blocking a sweeping overhaul of

U.S. spy agencies, President Bush issued orders for the CIA and the FBI

to strengthen their intelligence operations as recommended by the

commission that investigated the Sept. 11 attacks.

The orders, signed by Bush last week and made public by the White House

on Tuesday, call on the CIA to increase by 50 percent the number of

intelligence analysts and officers in the clandestine unit, which

recruits foreign spies and conducts covert operations overseas.

BONUSES - As part of an effort to strengthen anti-terrorism and

intelligence staffing at the FBI, Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.) is

sponsoring legislation that would allow the agency to offer bonuses to

hire and keep key employees. Wolf's legislation would give the director

the authority, in consultation with the Office of Personnel Management,

to provide retention and relocation bonuses to FBI employees who seem

likely to leave the agency or who are being transferred to a location

with a higher cost of living. A bonus could be as much as 50 percent of

an employee's basic pay. The legislation also would authorize the FBI

to pay salaries of as much as $175,500 to people in critical

intelligence positions.

TRILOGY - The FBI computer upgrade known as Trilogy escaped a budgetary

cap suggested by Senate appropriators when House and Senate lawmakers

earlier this month finalized an omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal

2005. But the conference report to the measure recommends that the FBI

commission another independent study of Trilogy to assess its progress.

Negotiators also suggested that the study establish a timeline for

completing the computer upgrade, a new estimate of deployment costs and

an outline of the benefits of making the FBI's Virtual Case File

available as soon as possible.

SOCIETY NATIONAL ELECTION RESULTS - VP Jerry L. Emmons is the new

President-Elect and will assume leadership of the Society at the New

Orleans Convention in 2005. Other newly elected National Officers are:

Lane M. Bonner, Jr., Secretary; Edmund V. Armento, Member-At-Large;

Johnnie L. Joyce, Jr., Southeast VP; Thomas J. Connolly, Florida VP;

Gordon W. McGinley, South Central VP; and W. Thomas (Tim) Pitchford,

North Central VP

PHONE CARDS FOR THE TROOPS - ANYONE can go to the following web address

and purchase phone cards on line through the Military Exchanges. These

cards can be sent to deployed troops in support of ongoing operations,

or to wounded and hospitalized service members in military hospitals in

the US and overseas. https://thor.aafes.com/scs/default.aspx

THE XGBOYS NET - continues to grow with over 1600 members. If interested

send email to [email protected] There is a Digest version which is one long

email per day and this is very popular with those still working. We

just added a "General Politics" list for those who enjoy discussing

Politics not related to the FBI.

INTERNET SITES - worth looking at:

http://listserv2.dakotacom.net/mailman/listinfo/xgboys = xgboy Listserv

http://www.socxfbi.org/Conference/letters.htm = SF National Convention

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SA H. ≥Jay≤ HARRISON, Jr., (RIP)

Age 52, died December 8, 2004 after a courageous battle against melanoma. A Special Agent of the FBI, former Vermont State Trooper and U.S. Army veteran, Jay will be greatly missed by his wife, Susan; sister, Debbie; father, Joe; brothers-in-law, Alan and Rob; sister-in-law, Barbara; niece, Gillian; nephew, Matthew; mom and dad Via, countless friends and his beloved greyhounds Rocket and Rusty.

On December 4, Jay was awarded the FBI Star for bravery due to injuries sustained in the line of duty. A proud member of the FBI SWAT Team, Jay served as a firearms instructor at the time of his death.

A funeral Mass will be held at St. Francis De Sales on December 18 at 10:30 a.m. with burial to follow at Our Lady of the Desert in Tucson.

Donations may be made in Jay's name to the Melanoma Research Foundation, 24 Old Georgetown Road, Princeton, NJ 08540 or TMC Hospice, 5301 E. Grant Road, Tucson, AZ 85712.

TO AN FBI AGENT GONE

by tfm

I'll lend you for awhile,

this special man, he said,

For you to love while he lives,

and mourn when he is dead.

It may be six or seven years,

or twenty two, or three.

But will you 'till I call him back,

Take care of him for me.?

He'll be a Special Agent,

and though his stay be brief,

You'll have courageous memories,

as solace for your grief.

I cannot promise how long he'll stay,

as all from earth return,

"But there are lessons taught down there,"

I want this man to learn.

I've looked all o'er this Bureau of yours,

In search of teacher true,

And from the throngs of agent men,

I have selected you.

So will you teach him all you know,

Think not the labor vain,

And be not angry when I call,

To take him back again.

He served the Bureau hard and well,

and now his work is done,

We loved him well but now 'tis time,

To end what God's begun.

So think of him with tenderness,

our friend was always there,

An agent, special in all ways,

For him a special prayer.

So when the angels call for him,

if sooner than you planned,

Save gun and badge, and brave the grief,

His life was O so grand.

(Dedicated to SA Jay Harrison of the Tucson RA)

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AN XGBOY prayer....

tfm

Dear Lord:

I am a former gman

And Iπm going soon to bed

This little prayer keeps buzπn,

And running through my head.

God bless my Mom and dad,

My FBI family.

Keep them warm and safe from harm

For they're special unto me.

And God, thereπs one more thing

I wish that you would do.

Bless all those old xgboys

Bless my computer too.

I know that you may hesitate

To bless my mother board,

Iπve got a very good reason

Wich Iπll åplain to you 'My Lord'.

You see, that little hard drive

Holds more than odds & ends

Inside that small compartment

Are all my gboy FRIENDS.

I know a lot about them

By the email that they give

And that little scrap of metal

Takes me how and where they live.

By email I now know them

To be good men and true

They share each day their burdons

Thatπs how our friendship grew.

Please, take the time to bless them

I know they are not few

Please bless the list of gboys

Those on the digest too.

My prayer is for each gboy

To each and every friend,

Please bless their gboy folder

And guide them when they send.

And when you do your update

And burn your CD-Rom

Remember all who've said this prayer

Sent up to God.com.

Amen.

MARGARET & HANK KENSKI

TWO SPEAKERS IN JANUARY

It is the Tucson Chapterπs intent to double the pleasure of everyone who attends its first monthly X-FBI luncheon meeting of 2005 by presenting two speakers instead of the customary one. You wonπt want to miss this special event, scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 3, in the HomeTown Buffet on Oracle, just north of River.

Henry ≥Hank≤ Kenski, Ph.D., a keen political analyst who addressed our group almost a year ago, will be back by popular demand, this time accompanied by his talented wife, Margaret Kenski, Ph.D., owner of Arizona Opinion, a Tucson-based survey research firm.

Joint appearances by the Kenskis invariably have led to lively, insightful and thought-provoking commentary, which means we should come away with a clearer view of the political picture for π05 – and beyond – at local, state and national levels. Chapter members are encouraged to bring wives and other guests to hear this knowledgeable husband-and-wife team.

Both Hank and Margaret received their doctorates from Georgetown University. Currently, he serves as regional director in Southern Arizona for U.S. Senator Jon Kyl and is an associate professor in the Departments of Communication and Political Science at the University of Arizona. In addition to her extensive polling assignments in behalf of Arizona Opinion, she writes frequent, published articles on political behavior and public opinion.

During the past 20 years, Margaret has gained much experience as a political and marketing consultant, and has conducted numerous surveys on community needs and political-public issues for towns, cities and private organizations in Arizona and New Mexico. With her husband Hank, she has served as a pollster for the Arizona Republican Party, the late Congressman Mo Udall, Senator Kyl, Congressman Jim Kolbe, and former Governors Fife Symington and Jane Dee Hull.

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Do you remember a time when...

Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-moe"?

Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "Do Over!"?

"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest?

Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening?

It wasn't odd to have two or three "Best Friends"?

The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was "cooties"?

Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot?

A foot of snow was a dream come true?

Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute commercials for action figures?

"Oly-oly-oxen-free" made perfect sense?

Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was cause for giggles?

The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team?

War was a card game?

Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle?

Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin?

Water balloons were the ultimate weapon?

If you can remember most or all of these, then you have lived!!!!!!!

Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from

their "grown-up" life . . .I double-dog-dare-ya!

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Jana D. Monroe,

NEW SAC IN PHOENIX

Jana D. Monroe received a B.S. Degree in Criminology from California State University Long Beach and a Master's Degree in Public Administration from LaVerne University. She served as a probation officer for three years and a police officer for seven years prior to entering the FBI in 1985.

Ms. Monroe entered on duty with the FBI as a Special Agent in 1985, and upon completion of training, served in the FBI's Albuquerque, Tampa, and Washington, D.C. field offices. She was assigned to criminal reactive squads, investigating fugitives, kidnappings, extortions, bank robberies, homicides, and various property theft crimes. Following field assignments, she was assigned to FBI Headquarters Criminal Division and to the Behavioral Science Unit at the FBI Academy. Ms. Monroe worked in the Behavioral Science Unit, a part of the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime, for five years and has consulted in more than 850 violent crimes (including serial and mass homicides) throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, England, and the Netherlands.

From July 1995 to June 1999, she was assigned to the San Diego Division, where she was responsible for supervision of a White Collar Crime and Public Corruption squad and served as coordinator for the Hostage Negotiation Team and the Evidence Response Team (ERT).

In June 1999, Ms. Monroe was transferred to the Denver Division as ASAC with management responsibility for the Organized Crime, Drug, Violent Crime, White Collar Crime, Cybercrime and ERT and SWAT Programs.

In April 2002, Ms. Monroe was promoted to the Los Angeles Division as the Special Agent in Charge with management responsibility for Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, White Collar Crime, the Santa Ana, Riverside, Victorville and Palm Springs Resident Agencies and the Rapid Deployment Team.

On November 1, 2002, Director Mueller appointed Ms. Monroe as Assistant Director of the Cyber Division.

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QUOTATIONS

I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is, after all, to matter: to have made some difference that you lived at all. 

-- Leo C. Rosten, American author and social scientist (1908-1997)

It is better to deserve honors and not to have them than to have them and not deserve them. 

-- Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), American novelist and humorist (1835-1910)

Never forget that the purpose for which a man lives is the improvement of the man himself, so that he may go out of this world having, in his great sphere or his small one, done some little good for his fellow creatures and labored a little to diminish the sin and sorrow that are in the world.

-- William Gladstone, British prime minister (1809-1898)

It is the mark of an educated man to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. 

-- Aristotle, Greek philosopher (384 B.C.-322 B.C.) 

Don`t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones tend to take care of themselves. 

-- Dale Carnegie, American lecturer and author (1888-1955)

SIGIR - JOBS

President Bush, on October 28, 2004, signed The Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2005 (P.L.108-375). The new law extended our mission and redesignated the Coalition Provisional Authority Office of Inspector General as the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR).

The SIGIR is immediately seeking experienced federal criminal investigators who have completed a federally recognized criminal investigative training course. Experience in fraud, corruption and contract fraud is desirable. Candidates must have or be able to obtain a security clearance and be able to qualify with issued 9mm semi-automatic pistol. Appointments are temporary Excepted Service positions. Basic salary range is at the GS-1811-12/1 to GS-1811-15/10 level. LEAP is not authorized although overtime is authorized. Currently SAs in Iraq average approximately 30 hours OT per week. The annuity of retired personnel is not affected by acceptance of this position. Individuals receive all benefits available to permanent federal employees; federal retirees, however, may not contribute to the Thrift Savings Plan. Currently, the anticipated rotation cycle for SAs is approximately 90 days in Baghdad, followed by 30 days in Washington DC for training and case work. While deployed in Iraq, SIGIR employees also receive 25% foreign post differential and 25% hazardous duty pay. No relocation expenses to Washington, D. C. or TDY reimbursement while SAs are in Washington, D. C is authorized. Meals, lodging and TDY incidental expenses authorized while deployed in Iraq and areas outside Washington, D. C.

Interested individuals will find additional information and the position descriptions on the SIGIR website:

http://cpaig-stg.dtic.mil/index.html

Interested should consider additional copy of resume, latest/last SF-50 and security clearance.

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PHOTOS FROM THE CHRISTMAS PARTY

DOLORIS & JOE STANLEY

ED

ED AND MARG FENNIE

LARRY & CARL BAGLEY

SHARON & RICH HENRY

TED-LAURA HINDERAKER – SUSAN-JOEL CARLSON

CAROLYN & TOM MC GORRAY

TOM & YVONNE ALT