Gerald Rose Named New York Division's Counterintelligence SAC

Gerald Rose has been named Special Agent in Charge (SAC) for Counterintelligence in the FBI's New York Division. Director Robert S. Mueller, III appointed him to this position to replace SAC Richard Deslauriers, who was recently appointed Deputy Assistant Director of the Counterintelligence Division at FBI Headquarters. Most recently, Mr. Rose served as Chief of the Global Section of the Counterintelligence Division at FBI Headquarters.

Mr. Rose entered on duty as a special agent with the FBI in September 1985. Upon completion of training at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, he was assigned to criminal and counterintelligence matters in the Kansas City Division. He was transferred to the Washington field office in May 1991, where he was also assigned to criminal and counterintelligence matters. In August 1994, he was assigned to the Special Detail Group to perform dignitary protection for Attorney General Janet Reno. He was appointed Assistant Legal Attaché to the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa, Canada, in April 1996. While in Ottawa, Mr. Rose was responsible for organized crime and counterintelligence matters, working closely with our national and international law enforcement and intelligence community partners. In August 1998, he was appointed Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) for the New York Division's Asian organized crime squad, responsible for the supervision of special agents and detectives of the New York City Police Department involved in investigations of violent Asian gangs and human trafficking.

In July 2001, Mr. Rose was appointed to a temporary duty position as a Team Leader/Assistant Inspector in the Inspection Division at FBI Headquarters. Upon return to the New York Division in August 2002, he was assigned as the Coordinating SSA for the Organized Crime Branch. In May 2003, he was promoted to Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Counterintelligence in the New York Division. He returned to FBI Headquarters as Chief of the Global Section of the Counterintelligence Division in September 2006. In that position, Mr. Rose served as the National Program Manager for all Global Section counterintelligence matters, with managerial oversight for units that handle high-priority counterintelligence matters.

Mr. Rose, who was raised in Schenectady, New York, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1981, and a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of California, Hastings College of Law in 1984. Before joining the FBI, Mr. Rose served as Assistant Counsel to the New York State Legislature. Mr. Rose received the FBI Director's Award for Outstanding Counterintelligence Investigation in 2006.