An FBI agent with extensive experience in counterterrorism is taking over the bureau’s Albany Division, the Associated Press reports.
Andrew Vale has been named agent in charge of the division, which is responsible for investigations in northern New York and Vermont, the AP wrote.
Vale began his career with the FBI in 1991, when he started investigated terrorism and civil rights in Newark, N.J.
Vale also served in Washington beginning in 2001 and became involved with domestic terrorism investigations.
Vale continued similar work in the Albany Division beginning in 2006, the AP wrote.
