”Law enforcement sources said the officials Rowley referred to only by title in her memo to Mueller were Michael Maltbie, a supervisory special agent (SSA), and his boss, David Frasca, chief of the counterterrorism division's radical fundamentalist unit.
Maltbie, law enforcement sources said, is no longer working in counterterrorism. He was described as having received a lateral transfer in recent months to the Cleveland field office.
What the FBI describes as Maltbie’s “lateral transfer” is the “promotion” referred to Crowley’s memo.
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A SECTION; Pg. A02The Washington Post
June 01, 2002, Saturday, Final Edition
FBI Whistle-Blower to Testify in Senate; Author of Memo on Pre-Sept. 11 Actions Will Avoid Investigation Details
Dan Eggen and Steve Fainaru, Washington Post Staff Writers
Minnesota whistle-blower Coleen Rowley has been scheduled to testify in the Senate next week about her deep dissatisfaction with FBI headquarters... (snip)
Rowley is expected to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, along with FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III and Inspector General Glenn A. Fine, sources said.
(snip - Paragraph about how Rowley would only testify in general terms to avoid interfering with ongoing case against Moussaoui)Some lawmakers, however, may seek to have Rowley publicly identify officials at headquarters who allegedly hampered the investigation of Moussaoui, a French national arrested on immigration charges in August after he raised suspicions at a flight school outside Minneapolis.
(snip - Background info on Rowley and the history of her warrant to search Moussaoui's computer and how her 13-page letter is has put her in the spotlight)
Congressional sources said Rowley was first approached about testifying May 24 in the form of a Congressional Witness Protection Letter, notifying her of the right to testify without fear of retaliation. Rowley has sought protection under federal whistle-blower laws.
(snip - Information on how Rowley claims that FBI HQ threw up roadblocks)
Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), a frequent FBI critic, said in an interview yesterday that he thought some details should be fair game, including "what she knows about middle management at headquarters stonewalling. . . . The people who stonewalled, their heads should roll."(snip -- Grassley says he thinks Rowley could be a good witness because of what she knows about "the culture of the FBI.")
(snip -- More background info about Rowley's letter to Mueller & congressional intelligence committees and her charges of interference from headquarters)
She accused one supervisory agent in particular of "consistently, almost deliberately, thwarting the Minnesota FBI efforts." Law enforcement officials have identified that person as Michael Maltbie, a supervisory special agent recently transferred out of counterterrorism to the Cleveland field office.
(snip -- Info on how Mueller has referred the case to Inspector General Fine's office for investigation... Info on how the FBI also faces secret sessions of a joint Senate-House intelligence panel starting Tuesday...(snip on remainder of article)