Posted by Andrew Zajac at 3:44 p.m. CST
FBI Director Robert Mueller has filled a key vacancy, tapping Willie Hulon to be Executive Assistant Director for the bureau's National Security Branch. Simply put, he's the guy who's supposed to make sure the FBI shares information with CIA and the rest of the national security apparatus, something that hasn't always happened amongst the ferociously competitive and territorial intel agencies.
Hulon, who had been assistant director for counterterrorism, replaces Gary Bald, who left to head security for a cruise line.
Bald is part of an ongoing brain drain among senior managers who can retire at 50 if they have at least 20 years of service.
The FBI credential is in huge demand in the post-9-11 corporate world, the more so with the agency's early retirement age.
Hulon, whose career included a stop in the Chicago office in the 1980s, should be around for at least a little while. He's a few weeks shy of 49.
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