For Immediate Release:  August 15, 2006 NEW SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE NAMED TO HEAD CRIMINAL DIVISION IN LOS ANGELES A 20-year veteran of the FBI was named to head the Criminal Division of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office, announced J. Stephen Tidwell, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI in Los Angeles. Robert B. Loosle reported for duty in Los Angeles on July 31 st, bringing with him experience from his previous assignments in Jacksonville, Houston, Las Vegas, San Salvador, El Salvador, and FBI Headquarters. While assigned to the Jacksonville Division, Mr. Loosle worked counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and violent crime investigations, and was assigned as the case agent for the Gainesville Student Murders. From April to August of 1990, Mr. Loosle was assigned to La Paz, Bolivia, to investigate the murder of two U.S. Citizens and the attempted bombing of the U.S. Secretary of State's motorcade by the terrorist group FALZW. In 1990, Mr. Loosle was promoted to FBIHQ where he was detailed to the Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) as the Supervisor for executive development programs for law enforcement, prosecutors, and supreme court judges in Central America and the Dominican Republic. During his assignment, he initiated the first Conference of Chiefs of Police of Central America and subsequently played a key role in the organization of a regional Chiefs of Police Organization, still in existence today Mr. Loosle was promoted in 1993 to ICITAP Project Manager where he was assigned to El Salvador to work jointly with the United Nations, and several other countries, to manage the creation of a new 10,000 person police force. Mr. Loosle was awarded the United Nations Law Enforcement Medal of Honor for his role in this project. In 1997, Mr. Loosle was assigned to the Beaumont Resident Agency in the Houston Division of the FBI as the Supervisory Senior Resident Agent where he was responsible for the supervision and management of all FBI program matters in his territory. During his assignment to Beaumont, Mr. Loosle supervised the investigation of the dragging death of James Byrd, Jr. (JASMUR), and was awarded the Attorney General's Award for Exceptional Service for his supervisory role in this matter. In 2002, Mr. Loosle was promoted to Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Las Vegas Division of the FBI. Mr. Loosle was responsible for operational and administrative direction of all program matters in the Division. During his tenure he organized the first multi-agency Regional Intelligence Center in Nevada. In 2004 Mr. Loosle was promoted and assigned as Deputy Director for Law Enforcement at the CIA’s CounterTerrorism Center (CTC) where he served until his assignment to Los Angeles. Mr. Loosle completed his undergraduate and graduate studies at Brigham Young University (BYU) and holds a Master's Degree in International and Area Studies. He is a coauthor of the 1998 National Defense University publication, "POLICING THE NEW WORLD DISORDER: Peace Operations and Public Security." Mr. Loosle is a native of Utah and has spent more than 17 years in overseas residence. He is married and has five children.