As a Supervisor at the NY Office of the FBI for the Last 17 Years I Have Recruited And

John Liguori

As a supervisor at the NY Office of the FBI for the last 17 years I have recruited and built competent cohesive teams of diverse investigators, loyal and focused on their mission. Under adverse and demanding conditions, my ability to improvise and provide creative solutions have driven teams to succeed on operations impacting national security where others previously failed.

My assignments have included: the prosecution of individuals responsible for the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993; the investigation into Al Qaeda leadership conspiring and committing attacks on U.S. interest; initial on sight supervisor in Yemen following the attack on the USS Cole in 2000; Weapons of Mass Destruction Coordinator; Special Events Manager; running covert operations against hostile foreign services and case manager into the crash of TWA 800. Investigators under my command have been deployed throughout the world responding to attacks in Bali, Indonesia; Madrid, Spain; Kuwait and London, England and weresome of the first to arrive in Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay and other sensitive locations shortly after the attacks of September 11.

As an investigator on the Counterterrorism Task Force, I proactively initiated investigations, which generated intelligence that the FBI continues to utilize today. My efforts in developing and cultivating human sources was critical in thwarting a plot to blow up NY City landmarks in 1993. I designed a relational database to analyze investigative data that was utilized in prosecutions by the U.S. Attorney office and served as a prototype for the FBI nationwide phone analysis system. Financial data incorporated into this database was a predicate to the FBI initiating a task force to investigate Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda in the mid 1990s. My review of information led to the initial identification of critical targets that would become central figures of the United States worldwide effort to disrupt Al Qaeda.

I presently lead a group of seasoned agents in fostering strategic partnerships between the FBI and the private sector and academia. This includes liaison with foreign services and assembling conferences where money laundering, securities fraud, human trafficking, cyber security and other timely issues are discussed on both domestic and international levels.

As a Certified Public Accountant, I work closely with domestic and international regulatory agencies and financial institutions, In the early 1990 I built relations with FINCEN, utilizing Suspicious Activity Reports and other financial data to spearhead aggressive financial crimes investigations against Designated Terrorist Organizations and State Sponsors of Terrorist. These efforts led to placement of individuals and groups on internationally designated list. Obstacles that I encountered and identified during these investigations contributed to the enhancements and reforms introduced in the Patriot Act.

Outside the FBI, I am an active member of the NY State Society of CPAs Anti Money Laundering Committee. Our goal is to educate and heighten the awareness of CPAsto trends and techniques in money laundering and provide speakers on subject matter that will sensitize CPAsto transactions and circumstances that may be indicative of money laundering

In 2000, the US Attorney office requested that I lead the FBI NY investigation into Al Qaeda leadership. For my efforts, I received the Attorney General Award for Distinguished Service. I am also the recipient of the 1996 Attorney General Award for Excellence in Law Enforcement, the FBI Agents Association, the Central Intelligence Agency International Operations Award, and have been recognized by US Attorney offices in the Southern and Eastern District for my work in counterterrorism and Organized Crime. I have been inducted in the New York City Police Department Honor Legion and have received a number of incentive awards and promotions within the FBI.

I frequently speak before local and international audiences and was requested by the Criminal Investigative Service (formerly Naval Criminal Investigative service) to assist in developing a curriculum on Counter Terrorism for their academy in Glycol,Georgia.

I have been interviewed for a number of books and television shows and appeared on television shows that have featuredmy work.

I have a B.S. degree in Accounting and a M.S. in Management Information Systems. Prior to my employment with the FBI, I was an accountant for a large public accounting firm and an IT auditor for the Bank of New York.