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New FBI Acting Director McCabe Considered a Respected, Bureau Man

McCabe joined the FBI as a special agent in 1996 working out of New York, where he focused on organized crime

After the abrupt firing of FBI Director James Comey, the new acting director Andrew McCabe is described as a respected and a fast-rising member of the bureau with a past focus on terrorism, NBC reported.

McCabe joined the FBI 20 years ago and was promoted to deputy director last year. He joined the bureau as a special agent in 1996 working out of New York, where he focused on organized crime. He was promoted to a unit focusing on counterterrorism and extraterritorial investigations of Sunni extremists in 2006.

McCabe graduated from Duke University in 1990 and got a law degree from Washington University in St. Louis. He considered a career as a prosecutor but ultimately chose the FBI, the Los Angeles Times reported. He spent three years in private practice because the FBI had a hiring freeze at the time.

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