Andrew McCabe
Deputy Director
Andrew G. McCabe was appointed Deputy Director of the FBI
in January 2016. In this position, he oversees all FBI
domestic and international investigative and intelligence
activities, and serves as acting director in the Director's
absence. Mr. McCabe most recently served as Associate Deputy Director where he
oversaw the management of all FBI personnel, budget, administration, and
infrastructure.
Mr. McCabe began his career as a special agent with the FBI in 1996, where he
was assigned to the New York Field Office where he investigated and supervised
organized crime matters. In 2006, Mr. McCabe shifted his focus to counterterrorism
matters when he was promoted to be a supervisor at FBI Headquarters in the
Counterterrorism Division. In 2008, Mr. McCabe was promoted to assistant special
agent in charge of the Washington Field Office's Counterterrorism Division where he
received the FBI Director's Award for his work on the 56th Presidential
Inauguration.
In May 2011, Mr. McCabe returned to FBI Headquarters as Deputy Assistant
Director of Counterterrorism Division Operations Branch I, and the following year,
he was promoted to Assistant Director of the Counterterrorism Division.
In October 2013, Mr. McCabe was appointed as Executive Assistant Director of the
National Security Branch where he ensured the FBI successfully executed its
primary mission to defend the United States from national security threats. In
September 2014, he was named Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI's
Washington Field Office where he oversaw all programs in the nation's second
largest FBI field division
Before entering the FBI, Mr. McCabe worked as a lawyer in private practice. He
received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University in 1990 and Juris Doctor
from Washington University School of Law in 1993. In 2010, Mr. McCabe was
certified by the Director of National Intelligence as a senior intelligence officer, and
in December 2014, Mr. McCabe was awarded the Presidential Rank Award for
Meritorious Service.