After a number of field assignments in Washington, he took on several supervisory positions in foreign counterintelligence, the criminal division and the inspection division of the bureau.

The MGB directed espionage networks at home and abroad, and also organized both domestic and foreign counterintelligence.

After joining the bureau in 1976, Mr. O'Neill worked in the foreign counterintelligence, organized crime and white collar crime units.

Over the next 15 years, O'Neill worked on issues such as white-collar crime, organized crime, and foreign counterintelligence while based at the Washington bureau.

He'd been something less than a raving success working bank robberies, but had found foreign counterintelligence to his liking.

Such guidance would brief agents on the Library Awareness Program and inform librarians about foreign counterintelligence and counterterrorism issues.

But by the account of a former agent, Mr. Williams soon requested a transfer from the international-terrorism squad to a related team, foreign counterintelligence.

It supports FBI priorities in the areas of counterterrorism, foreign counterintelligence, and cybercrime.

The reference is to Carson Dunbar, assistant special agent in charge of foreign counterintelligence in Manhattan.

Division 4 (foreign counterintelligence)