Harrington

Thomas J. Harrington – Associate Deputy Director

On August 13, 2010, Director Mueller appointed Thomas J. Harrington to the position of associate deputy director.

Prior to his appointment, Mr. Harrington served as the executive assistant director of the Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch, the largest operational entity within the FBI, which is composed of the Criminal Investigative Division, the Cyber Division, the International Operations Division, the Critical Incident Response Group, the Office of Law Enforcement Coordination, and the Office of Victim Assistance.

Previously, Mr. Harrington served as the associate executive assistant director for the National Security Branch (NSB). During his tenure in this position, he also played an integral role leading the Strategic Execution Team, which Director Mueller established in September 2007 to build on and accelerate the FBI’s efforts to enhance its national security mission. 

Mr. Harrington also served as the deputy assistant director (DAD) for Counterterrorism, Operational Support Branch. During his tenure as DAD, he had administrative oversight of the division, as well as managerial responsibility for the Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force, the Counterterrorism Operational Response Section, and the National Threat Center. He also played a major role in the establishment of the NSB in 2005.

From 1999 to 2002, Mr. Harrington managed the organized crime/drug and violent crimes/major offenders programs as the assistant special agent in charge of the Philadelphia Division. While serving as a supervisory special agent in the Philadelphia Division, Mr. Harrington led the economic crimes squad and was the white-collar crime coordinator. Mr. Harrington was instrumental in the proposal and subsequent establishment of a Russian/Eastern European criminal enterprise squad in Philadelphia.

Mr. Harrington began his career as an FBI special agent in September 1984. Following a period of training, he was assigned to the FBI office in Denver, Colorado. In Denver, Mr. Harrington specialized in white-collar crime matters, and more specifically, financial institution and securities fraud. In June 1991, he was assigned supervisory duties in the Criminal Investigative Division at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. As part of his Headquarters assignment, Mr. Harrington oversaw the FBI’s national insurance and securities fraud initiatives.

Mr. Harrington is a 1978 graduate of Mount St. Mary’s College, in Emmitsburg, Maryland and a 1990 graduate of the Stonier Graduate School of Banking, American Banker’s Association, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware. Mr. Harrington received the Presidential Rank Award for Distinguished Executive in 2006.