By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
William F. Sweeney, Jr., who most recently served as special agent in charge of the Counterterrorism Division of the New York Field Office, has been named as the new special agent in charge of the Philadelphia Office, the FBI announced Monday.
FBI Director James B. Comey made the appointment.
Sweeney launched his career with the FBI in 1998 as a member of a public corruption squad in the Newark Field Office.
Since 2004, Sweeney has worked primarily on terrorism cases and was among members of a team that received the 2010 Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service and the National Intelligence Exceptional Service Medal.
Sweeney returned to Newark in October 2010 as assistant special agent in charge in October 2010. A year later, he took the helm at the National Security Branch within the division. He also served a sting as special assistant to the FBI’s deputy director at FBI Headquarters in Washington D.C.
