Pickard began his career as a Special Agent of the FBI on January 13, 1975, and after a period of training, he was initially assigned to the New York City field office. In April 1979, Pickard was transferred to the Washington, D.C., field office, where he worked in an undercover capacity on the case code-named "ABSCAM." In July 1980, Pickard was promoted to FBI Headquarters, serving in the Inspection and Criminal Investigative Divisions. In October 1984, Pickard reported to the New York City field office as a supervisor in the White-Collar Crime Section and later was appointed to be the Assistant Special Agent in Charge for all White-Collar Crime investigations and violent crime matters in New York.
In 1989, Pickard was selected for the FBI's Senior Executive Service and was transferred to FBI Headquarters, where he oversaw the FBI's finance operations and subsequently its personnel operations. In 1993, Pickard was transferred to the New York City Office once again, to serve as the Special Agent in Charge of the National Security Division, supervising such matters as the trials of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing defendants, the trial of Omar Abdel-Rahman and his co-conspirators, the Manila Air conviction of Ramzi Yousef and his associates, and the July 1996, TWA Flight 800 explosion.
On September 10, 1996, FBI Director Louis Freeh named Pickard to the position of Assistant Director in Charge of the Washington field office. During his tenure there, Pickard supervised such matters as the investigation and arrest of FBI Special Agent Earl Pitts for espionage and the capture of convicted CIA killer Mir Amir Kansi.
On February 2, 1998, Pickard assumed the position of Assistant Director of the FBI's Criminal Investigative Division at FBI Headquarters. On November 1, 1999, Pickard was appointed Deputy Director, the number two position at the FBI. On June 25, 2001, upon the resignation of director Louis Freeh, Pickard was appointed Acting Director of the FBI by Attorney GeneralJohn Ashcroft, and served in that capacity two months until the new Director took office. Pickard retired in November of that year.[2]
The FBI's bureaucracy, and Pickard in particular, has been implicated as an opponent of FBI agent John P. O'Neill who led the FBI's investigation into Osama bin Laden prior to the September 11 attacks. A leak to The New York Times in August 2001 regarding a security breach by O'Neill[3] resulted in O'Neill leaving public service. Pickard has been alleged to be the source of the leak.[4] O'Neill took work as the director of security at the World Trade Center, where he was killed on September 11, 2001.[4]
Referencesedit
^"Thomas Joseph Pickard's Florida Voter Registration". Voterrecords.com.
^"FBI Deputy Director Thomas J. Pickard Announces His Retirement". archives.fbi.gov.
^story F.B.I. Is Investigating a Senior Counterterrorism Agent
thomas, pickard, this, article, includes, list, general, references, lacks, sufficient, corresponding, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, march, 2013, learn, when, remove, this, template, message, th. This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations March 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Thomas Joseph Pickard born January 6 1950 is a former acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 71 days in the summer of 2001 following the resignation of Director Louis Freeh Thomas J PickardActing Director of the Federal Bureau of InvestigationIn office June 25 2001 September 4 2001PresidentGeorge W BushPreceded byLouis FreehSucceeded byRobert MuellerDeputy Director of the Federal Bureau of InvestigationIn office November 1 1999 November 30 2001PresidentBill Clinton George W BushPreceded byWilliam J EspositoSucceeded byBruce J GebhardtPersonal detailsBorn 1950 01 06 January 6 1950 age 73 New York City New York U S Political partyDemocratic 1 EducationSt Francis College BBA St John s University New York MBA Contents 1 Early life and education 2 FBI career 3 References 4 External linksEarly life and education editBorn in Woodside Queens New York He graduated from Saint Francis College in Brooklyn with a BBA in accounting and subsequently received his MBA in taxation from St John s University in Jamaica Queens He is a Certified Public Accountant licensed by the state of New York FBI career editPickard began his career as a Special Agent of the FBI on January 13 1975 and after a period of training he was initially assigned to the New York City field office In April 1979 Pickard was transferred to the Washington D C field office where he worked in an undercover capacity on the case code named ABSCAM In July 1980 Pickard was promoted to FBI Headquarters serving in the Inspection and Criminal Investigative Divisions In October 1984 Pickard reported to the New York City field office as a supervisor in the White Collar Crime Section and later was appointed to be the Assistant Special Agent in Charge for all White Collar Crime investigations and violent crime matters in New York In 1989 Pickard was selected for the FBI s Senior Executive Service and was transferred to FBI Headquarters where he oversaw the FBI s finance operations and subsequently its personnel operations In 1993 Pickard was transferred to the New York City Office once again to serve as the Special Agent in Charge of the National Security Division supervising such matters as the trials of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing defendants the trial of Omar Abdel Rahman and his co conspirators the Manila Air conviction of Ramzi Yousef and his associates and the July 1996 TWA Flight 800 explosion On September 10 1996 FBI Director Louis Freeh named Pickard to the position of Assistant Director in Charge of the Washington field office During his tenure there Pickard supervised such matters as the investigation and arrest of FBI Special Agent Earl Pitts for espionage and the capture of convicted CIA killer Mir Amir Kansi On February 2 1998 Pickard assumed the position of Assistant Director of the FBI s Criminal Investigative Division at FBI Headquarters On November 1 1999 Pickard was appointed Deputy Director the number two position at the FBI On June 25 2001 upon the resignation of director Louis Freeh Pickard was appointed Acting Director of the FBI by Attorney General John Ashcroft and served in that capacity two months until the new Director took office Pickard retired in November of that year 2 The FBI s bureaucracy and Pickard in particular has been implicated as an opponent of FBI agent John P O Neill who led the FBI s investigation into Osama bin Laden prior to the September 11 attacks A leak to The New York Times in August 2001 regarding a security breach by O Neill 3 resulted in O Neill leaving public service Pickard has been alleged to be the source of the leak 4 O Neill took work as the director of security at the World Trade Center where he was killed on September 11 2001 4 References edit Thomas Joseph Pickard s Florida Voter Registration Voterrecords com FBI Deputy Director Thomas J Pickard Announces His Retirement archives fbi gov story F B I Is Investigating a Senior Counterterrorism Agent a b The Man Who KnewExternal links edit Federal Bureau of Investigation Directors Then and Now Retrieved April 26 2010 Government officesPreceded byLouis Freeh Director of the Federal Bureau of InvestigationActing2001 Succeeded byRobert Mueller Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Thomas J Pickard amp oldid 1157805891, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
