By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com
Terry Wade, a special agent in charge of the Criminal Division of the Los Angeles FBI, has been named the top FBI agent in the Albuquerque Division.
Wade joined the FBI in 1996 and was first assigned to Helena, Mont. He transferred to the Oklahoma City division, where he worked violent crimes, drug and white-collar violations.
In 2001, he was promoted to a supervisory position in the Criminal Investigative Division at FBI headquarters in D.C. In 2003, he was promoted to supervisory special agent of the Flagstaff Resident Agency of the Phoenix Division, according to an FBI press release.
In 2007, Wade was promoted to assistant special agent in charge of the Albuquerque Division, where he was responsible for the counterterrorism, counterintelligence, cyber, and intelligence programs, as well as the crisis management program and SWAT team.
Between December 2008 and April 2009, Wade served as the deputy on-scene commander in Baghdad, Iraq.
Before joining the FBI, he began his law enforcement career as an agent with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation,
