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|constitutes=spook, mariner, diplomat | |constitutes=spook, mariner, diplomat | ||
| + | |linkedin=https://www.linkedin.com/in/spike-bowman-71aa944 | ||
|historycommons=http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=marion_%28_spike_%29_bowman | |historycommons=http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=marion_%28_spike_%29_bowman | ||
| + | |alma_mater=,George Washington University Law School,University of Idaho,University of Wisconsin-Madison,Willamette University | ||
| + | |description=FBI leader who refused to seek a special warrant to search [[Zacarias Moussaoui]]’s belongings before the [[9/11 attacks]]. Later awarded cash bonus and presidential citation for "exceptional performance". | ||
| + | |employment={{job | ||
| + | |title=Adjunct Professor | ||
| + | |start=Sep 2003 | ||
| + | |end= | ||
| + | |employer=George Washington University | ||
| + | }}{{job | ||
| + | |title=Senior Counsel National Security Law | ||
| + | |start=Jul 1995 | ||
| + | |end=Jul 2006 | ||
| + | |employer=FBI | ||
| + | |description=Advised on all Counterinteligence and Counterterrorism investigations. | ||
}} | }} | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | '''Marion "Spike" Bowman''' is the former Senior Counsel to the [[FBI]], and the former Deputy National Counter Intelligence Executive. | ||
| − | + | ==Career== | |
| + | He joined the U.S. Navy and became a Captain who has served as Head of International Law at the [[Naval War College]]. | ||
| − | + | He also worked as a diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Rome, [[Italy]], and as Chief of Litigation for the [[U.S. Navy]].<ref>http://witnesstoguantanamo.com/interviews/marionspikebowman/</ref> | |
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| − | He also worked as a diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy, and as Chief of Litigation for the U.S. Navy.<ref>http://witnesstoguantanamo.com/interviews/marionspikebowman/</ref> | ||
==9/11== | ==9/11== | ||
On August 28, 2001, as head of the FBI’s national security law unit Bowman refused to seek a special warrant for a search of [[Zacarias Moussaoui]]’s belongings before the 9/11 attacks. | On August 28, 2001, as head of the FBI’s national security law unit Bowman refused to seek a special warrant for a search of [[Zacarias Moussaoui]]’s belongings before the 9/11 attacks. | ||
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| + | Bowman’s unit also blocked an urgent request by FBI agents to begin searching for [[Khalid Almihdhar]] after his name was put on a watch list.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080306210542/http://www.cooperativeresearch.org//entity.jsp?entity=marion_(_spike_)_bowman</ref> | ||
In 2003 [[FBI Director]] [[Robert Mueller]] personally awarded Marion (Spike) Bowman with a presidential citation for "exceptional performance" and cash bonus of approximately 25 percent of his salary. The award comes shortly after a 9/11 Congressional Inquiry report saying Bowman’s unit gave Minneapolis FBI agents “inexcusably confused and inaccurate information” that was “patently false."<ref>http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=marion_%28_spike_%29_bowman</ref> | In 2003 [[FBI Director]] [[Robert Mueller]] personally awarded Marion (Spike) Bowman with a presidential citation for "exceptional performance" and cash bonus of approximately 25 percent of his salary. The award comes shortly after a 9/11 Congressional Inquiry report saying Bowman’s unit gave Minneapolis FBI agents “inexcusably confused and inaccurate information” that was “patently false."<ref>http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=marion_%28_spike_%29_bowman</ref> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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FBI leader who refused to seek a special warrant to search Zacarias Moussaoui’s belongings before the 9/11 attacks. Later awarded cash bonus and presidential citation for "exceptional performance".
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Marion "Spike" Bowman is the former Senior Counsel to the FBI, and the former Deputy National Counter Intelligence Executive.
Career
He joined the U.S. Navy and became a Captain who has served as Head of International Law at the Naval War College.
He also worked as a diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy, and as Chief of Litigation for the U.S. Navy.[1]
9/11
On August 28, 2001, as head of the FBI’s national security law unit Bowman refused to seek a special warrant for a search of Zacarias Moussaoui’s belongings before the 9/11 attacks.
Bowman’s unit also blocked an urgent request by FBI agents to begin searching for Khalid Almihdhar after his name was put on a watch list.[2]
In 2003 FBI Director Robert Mueller personally awarded Marion (Spike) Bowman with a presidential citation for "exceptional performance" and cash bonus of approximately 25 percent of his salary. The award comes shortly after a 9/11 Congressional Inquiry report saying Bowman’s unit gave Minneapolis FBI agents “inexcusably confused and inaccurate information” that was “patently false."[3]
He also thwarted FBI investigations into the anthrax attacks on Congress.[4]
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References
- ↑ http://witnesstoguantanamo.com/interviews/marionspikebowman/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080306210542/http://www.cooperativeresearch.org//entity.jsp?entity=marion_(_spike_)_bowman
- ↑ http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=marion_%28_spike_%29_bowman
- ↑ http://www.whodidit.org/cocon.html
