Robert Kissane
Robert Kissane | |
|---|---|
| Acting Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation | |
| Assumed office January 20, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Director | Brian Driscoll (acting) |
| Preceded by | Paul Abbate |
| Personal details | |
| Education | United States Military Academy (BS) University of Colorado (MBA) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service |  United States Army |
Robert C. Kissane is an American law enforcement officer serving as the acting Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) since January 20, 2025.
Education
Kissane attended Mount Saint Michael Academy,[1] before studying systems engineering at the United States Military Academy. He later obtained a Master of Business Administration from the University of Colorado.[2]
Career
Early career
Kissane previously served in the United States Army, and also worked in banking and finance.[3]
FBI
Kissane joined the FBI as a special agent in 2003, and has spent the majority of his career in the New York field office. He was firstly assigned to investigate violent crime as a member of the New York Joint Bank Robbery Task Force. He transferred to the New York JTTF and investigated terrorist threats to the United States from East Africa. He was promoted to a supervisory special agent in 2014.[3]
In 2017, Kissane was appointed the chief of a unit in the counterterrorism division that focused on terrorism coming from the Arabian Peninsula and Africa. He returned to New York as an assistant special agent in charge in 2020, and in 2021 was appointed chief of a China operations section in the counterintelligence division. In January 2023, Director Christopher Wray appointed Kissane the Special Agent in Charge of the counterterrorism division in the FBI New York field office.[3]
On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump appointed Kissane the acting Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.[3][4][5]
Awards
Kissane received the FBI Director's award for excellence in the human intelligence program for his role in the team that located an operative wanted for the USS Cole bombing.[3]
References
- ^ "MOUNT ALUMNUS ROBERT C. KISSANE '90, NAMED FBI'S ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR". www.mtstmichael.org. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
- ^ "Robert C. Kissane Named Special Agent in Charge of the Counterterrorism Division at the New York Field Office". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b c d e Spector, Carolyn (January 22, 2025). "FBI Agents Association Statement on Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll and Acting FBI Deputy Director Robert Kissane". FBIAA. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
- ^ Goldman, Adam; Rashbaum, William K.; Haberman, Maggie (January 20, 2025). "In Shake-Up, Trump Administration Jolts F.B.I. by Installing Acting Leader". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
- ^ Lowell, Hugo (February 1, 2025). "FBI agents who worked on Trump and January 6 cases could face dismissal". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
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