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Head of Justice Dept.'s National Security Division to resign next month
[UPI] One of the United States' top national security officials has decided to step down from his post next month and go into the private sector, the Justice Department said Tuesday.John P. Carlin, the head of the department's National Security Division, will resign effective Oct. 16. Carlin, 43, oversaw numerous prosecutions involving matters of national security, including that of 2013 Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. He also presided over espionage charges against Chinese military hackers. "For the better part of two decades at the Department of Justice, John distinguished himself as a leader who skillfully used all the tools at his disposal to enhance our public safety and uphold our national security," U.S. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch said in a statement Tuesday. Posted by: Fred 2016-09-28 |
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