FBI: Jill Sanborn named next special agent in charge of Minneapolis division
Jill Sanborn has been named the next special agent in charge of the Minneapolis division. Sanborn will replace Rick Thornton, who is retiring.
Sanborn spent most of her 20-year career working in counterterrorism. She first started working for the FBI in 1998, and was assigned to the Phoenix Division and worked bank fraud and computer intrusions.
She was assigned to the Joint Terrorism Task Force in 2001.
She most recently led an FBI international counterterrorism operations section at its headquarters, overseeing all of the bureau's counterterrorism investigations.
Sanborn will report to Minneapolis in April.
The FBI's Minneapolis division encompasses Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.
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