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National Press Releases

2008

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12/30/08 FBI’s Year in Review: Top News Stories of 2008
12/26/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending December 26, 2008
12/23/08 FBI Response to Associated Press Article Alleging Sentinel “Late and Over Budget”
12/19/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending December 19, 2008
12/18/08 Response to Inspector General’s Review of Overtime for FBI Employees Deployed Overseas
12/18/08 FBI Addresses Unrelated Suspicious Mailings Received This Week
12/12/08 Department of Justice Announces Ongoing Global Enforcement Effort Targeting Child Pornographers
12/12/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending December 12, 2008
12/11/08 E-Mail Scammers Continue to Send Fake FBI Messages
12/09/08 FBI Warns of New Vishing Attacks Targeting Private Branch Exchange (PBX) Systems
12/08/08 Chad Fulgham Named Chief Information Officer
12/08/08 Joseph M. Demarest, Jr. Named Assistant Director in Charge of New York Division
12/08/08 FBI Response to OIG Review of the National Sex Offender Registry
12/05/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending December 5, 2008
12/04/08 FBI Releases 2008-2009 Facts and Figures Report
12/01/08 Holiday Season Cyber Scammers Target Victims
12/01/08 Janet Kamerman Named Associate Executive Assistant Director of Human Resources
11/28/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending November 28, 2008
11/21/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending November 21, 2008
11/20/08 FBI Releases Bank Crime Statistics for Second Quarter of 2008
11/19/08 Reward Increased for Operation Backfire Fugitives
11/18/08 From the Heart to Our Troops
11/14/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending November 14, 2008
11/07/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending November 7, 2008
11/07/08 FBI Response to OIG Review of Guardian
10/31/08 FBI's Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending October 31, 2008
10/29/08 RCFL Awarded Accreditation
10/28/08 More Than 145 Defendants Charged in National Export Enforcement Initiative During Past Fiscal Year
10/28/08 Attorney General Mukasey Recognizes Department Employees and Others for Their Service at Annual Awards Ceremony
10/27/08 FBI Announces Results of Three-Day Child Sex Trafficking Sweep
10/27/08 Letter to the Editor: New FBI Guidelines
10/27/08 FBI Releases 2007 Hate Crime Statistics
10/24/08 FBI's Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending October 24, 2008
10/23/08 FBI Seeking Information about Threatening Hoax Letters
10/21/08 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Joins the National Gang Intelligence Center
10/17/08 FBI's Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending October 17, 2008
10/17/08 FBI Releases Quarterly Bank Crime Statistics
10/16/08 FBI Coordinates Global Effort to Nab ‘Dark Market’ Cyber Criminals
10/14/08 Louis E. Grever Named Executive Assistant Director of FBI Science and Technology Branch
10/14/08 FBI Releases 2007 Statistics on Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted
10/10/08 FBI's Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending October 10, 2008
10/07/08 FBI Surpasses 100,000 Subscriptions to E-Mail Alerts
10/03/08 Joint Statement of Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller on the Issuance of the Attorney General Guidelines for Domestic FBI Operations
10/03/08 Fact Sheet: Attorney General Consolidated Guidelines for FBI Domestic Operations
10/03/08 FBI's Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending October 3, 2008
10/02/08 National Security Higher Education Advisory Board Holds October Meeting
10/01/08 More Than 900 Defendants Charged with Disaster-Related Fraud by Hurricane Katrina Fraud Task Force During Three Years in Operation
09/29/08 Letter to the Editor: The FBI is on Track with Its Intelligence Mission
09/26/08 FBI's Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending September 26, 2008
09/19/08 FBI's Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending September 19, 2008
09/17/08 175 Alleged Gulf Cartel Members and Associates Arrested in Massive International Law Enforcement Operation
09/15/08 FBI Releases 2007 Crime Statistics
09/12/08 FBI's Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending September 12, 2008
09/11/08 Fact Sheet: Justice Department Counter-Terrorism Efforts Since 9/11
09/08/08 Shawn Henry Named Assistant Director of FBI Cyber Division
09/08/08 James Finch Named SAC Oklahoma City
09/05/08 FBI's Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending September 5, 2008
09/02/08 FBI Warns of Relief Scams Following Gustav
09/02/08 Letter to the Editor Regarding the Mortgage Crisis
08/31/08 FBI in Place and Ready to Respond
08/29/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending August 29, 2008
08/28/08 FBI Alert: Hit Man E-Mail Scam Persists
08/22/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending August 22, 2008
08/15/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending August 15, 2008
08/08/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending August 8, 2008
08/01/08 FBI and TSA Conclude Major Terrorism and Transportation Conference in New York
08/01/08 Statement by the Department of Justice on the Anthrax Investigation
08/01/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending August 1, 2008
07/30/08 FBI Warns of Storm Worm Virus
07/28/08 Fourth Quarter Bank Robbery Statistics Show Slight Uptick
07/25/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending July 25, 2008
07/25/08 Kingman Wong Named SAC of Special Operations for the New York Division
07/18/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending July 18, 2008
07/17/08 Attorney General Joins Director to Celebrate FBI’s 100th Anniversary
07/16/08 Statement about FBI Investigation of Mortgage/Subprime Industry
07/15/08 FBI Seeking Information about Missing Retired Special Agent Robert Levinson
07/11/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending July 11, 2008
07/08/08 FBI Tips on Avoiding Charity Fraud
07/03/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending July 3, 2008
07/01/08 FBI Seeking Information about Suspected Spree Killer
06/27/08 FBI CARD Team Assists in Search for Missing Vermont Child
06/27/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending June 27, 2008
06/25/08 FBI, DOJ, and NCMEC Mark Five-Year Anniversary of Innocence Lost
06/20/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending June 20, 2008
06/19/08 More Than 400 Defendants Charged for Roles in Mortgage Fraud Schemes as Part of Operation "Malicious Mortgage"
06/18/08 Letter to the Editor on the National Name Check Program
06/13/08 FBI Warns Cyber Criminals Targeting Users of EPPICards
06/13/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending June 13, 2008
06/11/08 Dr. Chris Hassell Named FBI Laboratory Director
06/09/08 David Welker Named SAC New Orleans
06/09/08 FBI Response to the OIG Review of the FBI's Security Check Procedures for Immigration Applications and Petitions
06/09/08 FBI Releases Preliminary Annual Crime Statistics for 2007
06/06/08 SA Barry Lee Bush Recognized as an FBI Service Martyr
06/06/08 E-Mail Scammers Sending Fake Refund Notifications: False Messages Claim to be from U.K. Government and IC3
06/06/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending June 6, 2008
05/30/08 FBI Response to Allegations of Mosque Surveillance and Monitoring of the Muslim Community
05/30/08 FBI National Crime Information Center Issues Missing Person and Unidentified Person Statistics for 2007
05/30/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending May 30, 2008
05/23/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending May 23, 2008
05/22/08 FBI Issues Financial Crimes Report
05/22/08 Regional Computer Forensics Laboratories in San Diego and Denver Receive Prestigious Laboratory Accreditation
05/21/08 FBI Response to Testimony Before the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
05/20/08 Scam E-Mails Seek Donations to Help Chinese Earthquake Victims
05/20/08 FBI Response to the OIG Review of the FBI’s Involvement in and Observations of Detainee Interrogations
05/16/08 FBI Director Addresses National Press Club
05/16/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending May 16, 2008
05/13/08 Attorney General and FBI Directors Honor FBI Agents Killed in Line of Duty
05/13/08 FBI Issues 2007 Mortgage Fraud Report
05/12/08 FBI Releases Preliminary Statistics for Law Enforcement Officers Killed in 2007
05/09/08 FBI Criminal Investigation into Counterfeit Network Hardware
05/09/08 FBI’S Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending May 9, 2008
05/08/08 FBI Warns of Phishing Scam Related to Economic Stimulus Checks
05/07/08 FBI Press Response to Settlement in NSL Litigation Matter
05/02/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending May 2, 2008
04/29/08 FBI Statement Regarding Midwest River Deaths
04/28/08 Director Mueller Announces New Regional Computer Forensics Laboratories in Los Angeles and Albuquerque
04/28/08 Kevin Favreau Named Assistant Director of the FBI’s Directorate of Intelligence
04/28/08 Michael J. Heimbach Named Assistant Director of Counterterrorism Division
04/25/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending April 25, 2008
04/23/08 FBI Identifies Sixth Body Recovered in Iraq
04/23/08 Department of Justice Launches New Law Enforcement Strategy to Combat Increasing Threat of International Organized Crime
04/18/08 D. Keith Bryars Named SAC of the Washington Field Office’s Administrative Division
04/18/08 Amy Jo Lyons Named SAC Baltimore
04/18/08 FBI's Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending April 18, 2008
04/17/08 E-Mailed Grand Jury Summons May Harm Computers
04/14/08 Keith B. Bolcar Named SAC Of Los Angeles’ Counterintelligence and Cyber Divisions
04/11/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending April 11, 2008
04/10/08

Anthony Bladen Named Assistant Director of the FBI’s Resource Planning Office

04/10/08 Robert Blecksmith Named Assistant Director of the FBI’s Critical Incident Response Group
04/08/08 Patrick Kelley Named Assistant Director of the FBI’s Office of Integrity and Compliance
04/04/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending April 4, 2008
04/02/08 Reported Dollar Loss from Internet Crime Reaches All-Time High
04/01/08 Steven L. Gomez Named SAC of Los Angeles’ Counterterrorism Division
03/31/08

Andrew James Castor Named SAC of Washington Field Office’s Criminal Division

03/29/08

FBI Identifies Fifth Body Recovered in Iraq

03/28/08

Thomas Browne Named SAC of Little Rock

03/28/08 Timothy Cox Named SAC of Louisville
03/28/08 Greg Fowler Named SAC for Counterterrorism in New York
03/28/08 FBI's Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending March 28, 2008
03/27/08 Giving of Our Hearts to Our Troops
03/27/08 Three Additional Bodies Recovered in Iraq
03/25/08 Gerald Rose Named New York Division’s Counterintelligence SAC
03/24/08 Bodies of Two Kidnapped American Security Contractors Recovered in Iraq
03/21/08 Clayt Q. Lemme Named SAC of Washington Field Office’s Counterintelligence Division
03/21/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending March 21, 2008
03/21/08 Training Program Promotes Improvised Explosive Familiarization Initiative
03/20/08 Second National Fusion Center Conference Held to Foster Greater Collaboration (pdf)
03/20/08 Thomas J. Harrington Named Associate Executive Assistant Director of National Security
03/19/08 Michelle Ann Jupina Named SAC of Washington Field Office’s Intelligence Division
03/18/08 James H. Davis Named Denver SAC
03/17/08 FBI Response to OIG Audit of Terrorist Watchlist Nomination Processes
03/14/08 FBI's Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending March 14, 2008
03/13/08 Response to DOJ Inspector General’s Review of FBI’s Use of National Security Letters & Corrective Actions
03/12/08 Daniel McMullen Named SAC of Los Angeles’ Criminal Division
03/07/08 FBI's Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending March 7, 2008
03/07/08 FBI Recognizes Presidential Rank Award Recipients
03/01/08 Marine Corps University Foundation Honors FBI Director Mueller with 2008 Semper Fidelis Award
02/29/08 FBI's Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending February 29, 2008
02/25/08 FBI Response to Rolling Stone Magazine Article on Joint Terrorism Task Forces
02/22/08 FBI's Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending February 22, 2008
02/15/08 FBI Response to The Progressive Article Alleging the FBI Authorizes InfraGard Members to “Shoot to Kill”
02/15/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending February 15, 2008
02/12/08 FBI Announces Contract Award for Next Generation Identification System
02/12/08 Internet Alert: St. Valentine’s Day E-Card Carries Storm Worm Virus
02/11/08 National Security Higher Education Advisory Board Concludes February Meeting
02/08/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending February 8, 2008
02/07/08 James Casey Named SAC Jacksonville
02/06/08 West Virginia University Named National Leader for FBI Biometrics Research
02/04/08 FBI Director Names Jennifer Smith Love SAC Richmond
02/01/08 FBI Identifies Recurring Fraudulent E-mail Scam
02/01/08 FBI's Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending February 1, 2008
01/25/08 FBI's Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending January 25, 2008
01/24/08 Joseph F. Hannigan Named Special Advisor to FBI Director
01/23/08 Janice K. Fedarcyk Named SAC Philadelphia
01/23/08 FBI Director Names New Associate Deputy Director and Assistant Director of Finance
01/18/08 FBI's Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending January 18, 2008
01/15/08 Internet Alert: Scammers Sending Fake FBI E-mails Seeking Personal Information
01/11/08 FBI Director Names Arthur Cummings Executive Assistant Director for National Security Branch
01/11/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending January 11, 2008
01/10/08 Response to Inspector General Audit of FBI Management of Confidential Case Funds and Telecommunications Costs
01/09/08 Michael A. Rodriguez Named SAC Pittsburgh
01/09/08 John G. Perren Named SAC of the Washington Field Office’s Counterterrorism Branch
01/07/08 Preliminary Crime Statistics for January-June 2007
01/04/08 FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending January 4, 2008
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