- James Robertson/fbi photo
By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com
WASHINGTON — James H. Robertson, a 20-year veteran of the FBI, has been named special agent in charge of the FBI Buffalo Division, the agency announced Tuesday.
Robertson, who was chief of the International Terrorism Operations Section II, FBI Counterterrorism Division, replaces Laurie J. Bennett. She is now deputy assistant director of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate at FBI Headquarters.
Robertson became an agent in 1989 in the Chicago office, where he served on the joint FBI-Chicago Police Organized Crime Task Force, the FBI said. He was also a primary sniper for the SWAT team.
Nine years later, he was promoted to supervisory special agent in the Inspection Division at FBI Headquarters. In 2000, he was assigned as the supervisory senior agent in the Detroit division, overseeing offices in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and St. Joseph in the western part of the state.
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He then became an assistant special agent in charge in the Cincinnati Division’s National Security Branch, the FBI said.
From October 2005 to April 2006, he commanded FBI operations in Iraq. He was promoted to section chief at headquarters in 2007.
