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2 / August 2002 August 2002 / 3 FSU grads—a fed, a soldier and a lawyer— have top roles in the fight against terrorism Dale Watson has a plan and the OK to make the FBI better at preventing terrorism Buster Hagenbeck commands the ground war against the terrorists in Afghanistan Watson, responsible for all the FBI oper- maturity and patience, Duncan said. “They the Taliban here, and I think for the largest respond in a positive way.” ations against terrorism since 1999—and for look for people who can live by the rules.” part of the country that is true,” Hagenbeck Hagenbeck was also grateful for the portions of the anti-terror effort for years They found Watson, who had known told the Washington Times in late April. chance to join Bobby Bowden’s staff in the before that—has urged those changes in a since eighth grade that he wanted to be part He continued to direct the ground coach’s second year. series of reports. of the FBI. forces after Operation Anaconda, including “I respect the way he teaches individual He said it became clear to him almost 10 To get into the FBI, he said, “you could daily patrols under harsh conditions with skills in a team sport to collectively get years ago, when the World Trade Center either be a lawyer or accountant or join the debilitating summer wind and dust something done. Coach Bowden exempli- was bombed, that the bureau was ill military.” swirling through the mountain region. fies the team approach, a technique he’s equipped to prevent terrorism. His father was a World War II Navy Hagenbeck was uniquely qualified for used over and over through the years.” In 1999, Watson was ready with a plan veteran. His two older brothers went to the sudden need for military action in He says that he and Bowden, who is to identify the agency’s weaknesses in Florida State from their hometown in Afghanistan. His record includes infantry, well known for his knowledge of military counterterrorism, and cure them. His first Groveland, Fla., and then joined the mili- air assault and politico-military affairs at the history and strategy, often shared conversa- report came out. Others followed. tary. So did he. Pentagon. His decorations are many. tions and books on the subjects. According to the New York Times, He was president of his scholarship Now a well-known name in military “Coaching football and leading in the circles, during his days at FSU he was military have many similarities,” Watson’s most recent report describing the house. He married during his sophomore . known simply as “Buster,” a name his sister Hagenbeck said. “The military is about

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Callie Shell cials to be used in requesting more money. Richard Shook, the FSU audio-visual But on Sept. 10, Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft’s specialist who was Watson’s work-study He was commissioned from the U.S. same way, football is about coaching and Watson, left, and George Tenet, director of the CIA, on Capital Hill in June. office rejected a proposed $58-million supervisor, remembers him as a friendly, Military Academy in 1971. After five years teaching young folks. The average age in FBI had to make massive changes to protect increase to pay for the FBI’s counterterror- in the Army, he got an opportunity to fulfill the army is 19 to 25, about the same age or several years, FSU graduate Dale honest and “hard-working kid who always Sgt. David Mar the country against more terror. a childhood dream. bracket as the football players.” FWatson has been trying to change ism programs. talked serious about stuff — the kind of kid Afghan Interim Chairman (now President) Hamid Karzai, left, and Hagenbeck talk to the way things work at the FBI. He started before most of us knew we The next day, the entire nation was sud- you hated to see graduate because he was “Growing up in Jacksonville, I always Hagenbeck’s everyday connection to 10th Mountain Division soldiers. It hasn’t been easy, not even to him, the needed it. In 1999, Watson issued a report denly more inclined to give counterterror- someone you wanted around.” knew that Florida State was my first choice Florida State may be gone, but his commit- FBI’s top man in charge of fighting terror. recommending the major elements that are ism what it needed. In 1972, after he graduated with distin- fter Sept. 11, the U.S. military forces forces searched dozens of caves around the of civilian schools,” Hagenbeck said. ment and interest are not. But it’s more likely to happen since Sept. now in the FBI’s reorganization plan. • Congress made it easier to get search guished honors in social studies education, Aturned to a Florida State graduate eastern Afghan city of Gardez under harsh “When the military gave me the opportuni- “I have developed a great network of 11 than in the years before, when Watson’s In June, after the FBI reorganization warrants and otherwise conduct investiga- Watson served five and a half years in the to lead the fight against perhaps the most conditions that included 12,000-foot eleva- ty to go to graduate school and return to friends at FSU through the years,” he said. recommendations went unheeded. was announced, Watson said, “now we are tions of terrorism. Army. dangerous terrorists on earth. tions and freezing night temperatures. West Point to teach, FSU was the only place “I like to stay in touch with the Alumni At 52, Watson is an unpretentious man moving in the right direction.” • The General Accounting Office The Army opened the door to the FBI, Since ground troops arrived in the Hagenbeck directed more than 2,000 I wanted to go.” Association and get to a game at least once whose disciplined work habits were Under the new direction, announced by agreed that the FBI reorganization plan was and he became a special agent in 1978. region last winter, they have been under the coalition troops, about half of them Afghan A skilled athlete, he played defensive a year.” already noticeable when he was earning Mueller in some detail on May 29, the FBI necessary, the Washington Post reported. Seven years later he was assigned a field leadership of Major General Franklin L. forces. About 800 to 900 U.S. troops were back and was a Golden Gloves boxer. The fact that two of his children have academic honors, holding a job, leading his will more than double the number of agents • Watson’s boss, Mueller, and his boss, supervisory desk at the Washington field “Buster” Hagenbeck, commander of coali- involved in rooting well-armed enemy As a graduate assistant at Florida State, graduated from FSU doesn’t hurt either — scholarship house and getting married assigned to counterterrorism, reassigning Ashcroft, went on television and described office, and in 1991 he became chief of the tion ground forces in Afghanistan, and troops out of caves. he helped defensive ends coach Jim his son in 1991 and daughter in 1993. while he was still in college in Tallahassee. some and recruiting more. The new agents the reorganization of the FBI. Iran Unit, Counterterrorism Section. recipient of a master’s degree in exercise “If you look back six months ago before Gladden during the 1977 season. “I have a great fondness for FSU, both Now he has one of the top jobs in the will include scientists, technicians and lin- Watson watched the announcement on After other jobs of increasing responsi- physiology from FSU in 1978. our involvement, there is much more safety “Character is displayed in adversity,” before and after my time there, and it con- FBI: executive assistant director of counter- guists fluent in Arabic and other foreign the television in his office, pleased that at bility, including a stint as deputy chief of the Among his most important accomplish- and security in this country than there was he said. “What we try to do is set the condi- tinues today. My kids help keep that alive.” terrorism and counterintelligence, just languages. A new unit at headquarters will last he would have the money and the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center, he took his ments was his role as commander of under the oppressive and barbaric rule of tions for the tough times to help them — Dave Fiore below Robert Mueller, the director. work with the field offices in putting pieces approval of his bosses to do the job he has current position. Operation Anaconda, the U.S-led offensive And he finally has the go-ahead to of information together and sharing them been wanting to do for several years. “This is not an 8-to-5 job,” he said. aimed at destroying the Al Qaeda strong- Eleanor Hill and Congress investigating how 9/11 could happen hold in eastern Afghanistan. make his division the leader in a bureau with other agencies. The power of the FBI’s It’s a job that FSU career counselors “Why do we do what we do?” asked leanor Hill was not lawmakers’ first to tell you the truth? Are they going to acci- Subcommittee on Investigations—of which When the hunt for Taliban and Al that has previously been best known for computers will be vastly upgraded, and it don’t recommend to everybody. Watson, who has five children. “I don’t Echoice to run the joint House-Senate dentally lose documents? Are they going to Joe McCarthy was chairman in the ‘50s and Qaeda members moved from precision catching criminals like bank robbers, drug will be easier to conduct secret searches, get “Some people… think that the FBI will want to look back and say I made a lot of investigation into Sept. 11 intelligence fail- hide people from you?” Robert Kennedy was later chief counsel.] bombing attacks to a ground war last suppliers and car thieves. warrants and tap electronic communica- give them the excitement,” said Catherine money. I just want to look back and say I ures. Yet by all accounts, the soft-spoken [Hill was] hired by the inquiry’s co- In that job, Hill oversaw investigations March, the coalition forces turned to Watson calls the FBI “a vocation one tions. The reorganization also creates a “fly- Duncan, an FSU academic coordinator. “I have done something for my country. I but relentless former Tampa federal prose- chairmen, Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla., and into health-insurance fraud, narcotics traf- Hagenbeck and his 10th Mountain must love.” In that vocation, he has had the ing squad” of investigators to drop into hot tell them this is not about excitement.” want to make this place a better place for cutor should have been. Rep. Porter Goss, R-Sanibel. ficking and organized crime. Her natural Division, based at Fort Drum, N.Y. role and the foresight to be ready when the spots. It’s about discipline, organization, our children.” — Vida Volkert A former inspector general of the “She’s tough as nails,” said Andrea tact helped her succeed, observers say. During the month-long operation, U.S. Defense Department with 15 years’ experi- Gray, a spokeswoman for Sen. Richard In 1995, she became inspector general Marc Anderson, 30, was an outstanding student athlete, a teacher and a brave soldier ence working for Congress, the FSU gradu- Shelby, R-Ala., vice chairman of the Senate of the Defense Department. As the story goes, David Anderson, a put, placing ninth in the overall history of Marc Anderson volunteered to be put in ate has the breadth of experience to handle intelligence panel. In the Sept. 11 investigation, success decorated veteran of Vietnam, looked at his the sport at FSU. harm’s way, transported to any battlefield this difficult job, observers say. Hill, 51, is married, with a son. may depend on how willing lawmakers strapping baby boy and thought he should “He was one of the guys who allowed Vol. 8 No. 1 Her assignment: get to the bottom of She graduated magna cum laude from are to let Hill “do it right and ask the tough with 18 hours notice. www.fsu.edu/~fstime/FS-Times/ be named Marc Anthony, after the leg- us to win our first Atlantic Coast “I don’t know what led him into special Florida State Times is published by the Florida State the intelligence fiasco, juggling the interests FSU in 1972 and earned a law degree from questions,” as DiGenova put it. endary warrior and statesman. University Communications Group, Alumni Association and of the 37 members of the panel in a high- FSU’s College of Law two years later. “When you have a joint investigation Conference championship,” said Terry forces,” Long said, “maybe the same chal- the FSU Foundation to keep alumni, friends, faculty and staff The name stuck, and Marc Anthony Long, FSU’s head coach of track and field. lenges that are in sports.” informed about FSU’s growth, change, needs and accom- profile, high-pressure investigation. From 1975 to 1980 she was a federal like this, compromises are made because Anderson grew up to be a scholar, a leader Anderson was also a member of Phi plishments. Views expressed in the Florida State Times are “She’s also going to face all the classic prosecutor in Tampa. you have to keep people happy,” he said. Whatever the motive, Anderson trained not necessarily the views of university officials or the news- among athletes at Florida State University, a Delta Theta and a star in academics. He successfully as a Ranger attached to the 1st paper staff. Inclusion of underwriting does not constitute an obstacles anyone faces in investigating the Hill never lost any of the approximate- “A lot of people don’t want to look at this teacher and, ultimately, a legend as a sol- graduated in mathematics in 1995 with a 4.0 Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, for a endorsement of the products or services. intelligence agencies,” said lawyer Joe ly two dozen cases she tried in Tampa. question because we’re at war.” dier. grade point average. He was that year’s Editor-in-Chief: DiGenova, who helped investigate intelli- [In 1987, she became chief counsel of —Condensed from the St. Petersburg Times, three-year commitment. Margaret Leonard gence agencies in the ‘70s. “Are they going the historic Senate Government Affairs by Mary Jacoby Whether young Anderson would have “most outstanding student athlete.” Two months before his duty ended, Design and Production: matured into a statesman will remain “He was a big, strong, fast, lovable, Anderson found himself in an MH-47 Ed Augustyniak unknown. This March, the 30-year-old good-natured guy who was very bright,” Chinook helicopter flying over snow- Managing Editor: Letters to the Editor instead of glossy paper. It is such a pleasure to Correcting a wrong tesy of David Anderson Bayard Stern read such a classy publication on quality In the last edition of Ranger was gunned down while he was Long said. capped mountains in eastern Afghanistan. Staff Writer: Good words Cour paper. It seems there are so many things the Florida State times it trying to rescue a fellow soldier in eastern After college, Anderson became a His mission was to recover a Navy Vida Volkert It is very hard finding words that express Director of FSU Photo Lab: today that drive us to second best. Yes, first had incorrectly labeled Afghanistan. teacher. SEAL who had fallen from a helicopter into my love and appreciation for the part you Marc Anthony Anderson Ryals Lee class costs more, but if you want to continue my book, “An Execution “I’m proud of him,” his mother, Judith, David Childress, a friend and colleague enemy hands and had been killed. President of University have played in making my 100th birthday the to have a first-class publication you have to of Honor,” as a war novel. told reporters. “He was a hero.” at the Fort Myers Middle School Academy, tradition steered him toward the military. Enemy fire opened and Anderson was Communications: very best birthday I have ever had. You have Franklin D. Murphy pay the price of excellence. Don’t reduce your “An Execution of Anderson always stood out from oth- said that Anderson taught because he loved In addition to his father, Anderson’s filled my heart with joy… on the day I never gunned down. In all, the United States lost To suggest news stories, write to the Florida State Times, 1600 standards to those of the common newspa- Honor” is an international expected would happen. ers. As a teenager in Alliance, Ohio, he set a it. He tutored his students before and after two brothers, Steve and John, had also seven soldiers on the rescue mission. Red Barber Plaza, Suite 104, Tallahassee, Fla. 32310-6068 or e- per! Sixty cents a copy is not exorbitant. In thriller, portions of which mail the editor: [email protected]. To submit address Love, Frances record for the shot put at his high school. school. served as military men. Anderson received the Bronze Star and fact, it’s a small price to pay to present your are set in Tallahassee; of changes, news for NewsNotes or In Memoriam, call Alumni Frances Horne MacKinnon After high school, he moved to But Anderson found that his pay didn’t Anderson signed up, but not for a rou- Purple Heart posthumously. His body was Affairs at 850.644.2761. Underwriting is handled by the excellent work to FSU graduates in a package particular interest to FSU Cleveland, Ohio, to attend Case Western cover his bills. He had student loan debts tine job that would be safe. carried in a silver casket in a military funer- Florida State University Communications Group. For rates, Glossy is good appropriate to the graduates of such a great graduates is that some of the characters are Reserve University and play football. that, when covered with his monthly teach- He trained as a member of the Rangers, call Charles M. Allen Jr. at 850.487.3170 x320, Frank Flynn at Please don’t accept the suggestion of institution. Raise my dues if necessary, I’ll glad- al in St. Petersburg. He was buried in the 850.487.3170 x317. Florida State Times is available in alterna- Noles. ... But he soon transferred to FSU and ing check, left little for him to live on. a special operations force at Hunter Army Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell. tive format upon request. It was published at a cost of $27,000 Susan Minnerly (March/April 2002) to print ly pay, but don’t lower your standards. Appreciate your correcting the mistake. made his mark in discus throwing and shot The need for money, then, and family Airfield near Savannah. As a Ranger, Spc. — Dana Peck or 60 cents per copy. It is printed on recycled paper. the Florida State Times on regular newsprint Lee Austin, B.S. ’62 Thomas L. Muldoon, M.A. ‘73, M.S. ’74

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