Michael J. Mullaney

Chief, Counterterrorism Section, National Security Division, US Department of Justice

Michael began his career as a Special Agent in the Treasury Department's IRS-Criminal Investigation Division where he was initially assigned to East St. Louis, Illinois. He also spent time in Kansas City before being transferred to Miami in 1980 where he was assigned to "Operation Greenback," tha nation's first muti-agency task force which targeted money laundering. In Miami, he spent 9 years exclusivel investigating international money laundering schemes and organizations, including two years as an undercover agent. As an agent, he testified in numerous money-laundering trials against a variety of defendants ranging from Colombian drug traffickers to a U.S. Congressman.

After graduating cum laude from the University of Miami's night law program in 1988, he joined the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami in 1989. For ten yers he primarily investigated and prosecuted drug and money laundering crimes. In 2000, he was named the Chief of the Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section. He resigned that position in 2003 to go to Iraq with one of the first civilian contingents to enter the country to work with the Iraqi judicial system. In November 2003, he was named the Principal Deputy Chief of the Department of Justice's Counterterrorism Section. Since January, 2006, he has been the Chief of the Counterterrorism Section, intially in an Acting capacity and now as the permanent Chief.