S. rule enforcement figure Dale L. Watson.

For the state musician, see Dale Watson (singer). Dale L. Watson is the former Helper Manager for the Counterterrorism Separation of the FBI, as such he headed the FBI investigation into the September 11, 2001 attacks plus the 2001 anthrax attacks. Watson is a native of Middle Florida. He graduated from Florida State Institution of higher education by means of a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1972.

Following school, Watson was commissioned as a usual U. S. In February 1978, Watson received his appointment as a Special Agent by means of the FBI. He was primary assigned to Birmingham, Alabama and in 1982 he was transferred to New York City. In January, 1985, he was prearranged to FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.

C. He later was assigned a field supervisory desk at the Washington Meadow Place of work before recurring to FBI Headquarters between 1991 through 1994 as Chief of the Iran Unit, Counterterrorism Section, National Safety Division (NSD). In May 1994, he was selected as the Assistant Special Agent in Accuse of the Kansas City Division, where he served until June 1996. In this position he played a key role in the investigation into the Oklahoma Metropolis bombing.

Watson was then named as the Deputy Chief of the Middle Intelligence Agency's (CIA) Couterterrorism Center where he was instrumental in the winning investigation of the Khobar Towers bombing in 1996. In January 1997, he was reassigned to FBI Headquarters as the Chief of the FBI's International Terrorism Part, NSD, where he served until his appointment in July 1998, as the Inspector Deputy Helper Director of NSD with responsibility for the FBI's Counterterrorism programs. In this capacity he oversaw the international investigations keen on the 1998 U. S. delegation bombings plus USS Cole bombing.

Watson retired from the FBI in 2002 to link the Washington D. C. February 24, 1998 Watson testified before the Senate Judges Committee Subcommittee on Skill, Terrorism, plus Administration Information as the Chief International Terrorism Section, National Security Separation regarding foreign terrorists in America.