John Dion
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John Dion is an American lawyer who spent 31 years as an official in the United States Department of Justice.[1][2][3][4]
Dion was, for many years, the head of the Justice Department's counter-espionage section.[4] This position has to be approved by the Office of Personnel Management. Dion retired on October 31, 2013, replaced by Katie Kedian.
According to Elaine Shannon and Ann Blackman, in The Spy Next Door, Dion was the first Justice Department official contacted after FBI agent Robert Philip Hanssen was discovered to have been an enemy spy.[5] According to Rowan Scarborough, in Sabotage: America's Enemies within the CIA, Dion was the first Justice Department official contacted after it was learned that senior White House aides had revealed to the press that Valerie Plame was a covert CIA case officer.[1]
References
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Rowan Scarborough (2007). Sabotage: America's Enemies within the CIA. Regnery Publishing. p. 133. ISBN 9781596986275. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
CIA John Dion.
- ^ James B. Stewart (2011). Tangled Webs: How False Statements Are Undermining America: From Martha Stewart to Bernie Madoff. Penguin Books. ISBN 9781101476512. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
- ^ Peter Finn (2009-08-21). "Detainees Shown CIA Officers' Photos". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2010-01-05.
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Jennifer Koons (2013-10-31). "National Security Division Gets New Counterespionage Section Chief". Main Justice. Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
Kedian, whose position requires approval from the Office of Personnel Management, replaces John Dion, a veteran Justice Department attorney who retired after 31 years with the department.
- ^ Elaine Shannon, Ann Blackman (2008). The Spy Next Door: The Extraordinary Secret Life of Robert Philip Hanssen, the Most Damaging FBI Agent in U.S. History. Little, Brown publishing. ISBN 9780316055598. Retrieved 2016-06-10.