Coleen Rowley

Quick Facts

Full Name	Coleen Rowley
Occupation	Special Agent
Date Of Birth	Dec 20, 1954(1954-12-20)
Age	70
Birthplace	Fort Belvoir
Country	United States
Birth City	Virginia
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Coleen Rowley Biography

Coleen Rowley is one of the most popular and richest Special Agent who was born on December 20, 1954 in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, United States. Coleen Rowley (born December 20, 1954) is an American former FBI special agent and whistleblower, and was a Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) candidate for Congress in Minnesota’s 2nd congressional district, one of eight congressional districts in Minnesota in 2006. She was defeated in the general election by Republican incumbent John Kline.

Rowley shared her TIME “Person of the Year” award in 2002 along with two other women who were credited for whistleblowing: Sherron Watkins from Enron and Cynthia Cooper of WorldCom. She was also awarded in 2002 the Sam Adams Award.

Since 2003 Rowley has spoken publicly on ethics and ethical decision-making to various groups. She is a writer and blogger. She joined other whistleblowers on the June 2015 speaking tour “Stand Up for Truth” which went through London, Oslo, Stockholm and Berlin. She returned to lecture at her alma mater three times, in 2003, 2004 and 2015.

In February 2003, Rowley wrote a second open letter to Mueller, in which she warned her superiors that the bureau would not “be able to stem the flood of terrorism that will likely head our way in the wake of an attack on Iraq”. In April 2003, Rowley stepped down from her legal position to return to being a FBI Special Agent. At the end of 2004 she retired from the FBI after serving for 24 years.

Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Rowley wrote a paper for FBI Director Robert Mueller documenting how FBI HQ staff located in Washington, D.C., were unable to act on information given to The Minneapolis, Minnesota Field Office in its investigation into the suspected militant Zacarias Moussaoui. Moussaoui was suspected of being part of plans for a suicide hijacking identical to that of the “Eiffel Tower” hijacking of Air France 8969. The failures discovered by Rowley could have made those in the U.S. vulnerable to the September 11, 2001 attacks. Rowley was among the many agents unhappy with the events that led to the attacks. She wrote:

Coleen Rowley Net Worth

Coleen Rowley is one of the richest Special Agent from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Coleen Rowley 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Rowley was raised within New Hampton, Iowa and was valedictorian of the class of 1973 from her high school. His father worked as a mail carrier for over 31 years. She graduated with a B.A. Degree in French and was awarded an honors degree in French from Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa in 1977. In the year 1980, she was awarded her J.D. qualification in law from The University of Iowa College of Law and was able to pass her Iowa Bar Exam that summer.

In January of 1981, Rowley became a Special Agent of the FBI and was assigned to the Omaha, Nebraska and Jackson, Mississippi divisions. From 1984 onwards she worked for six years serving within the New York City field office investigating cases involving Italian organised crime as well as Sicilian heroin. During that time, she worked three brief assignments at the U.S. embassy in Paris and the consulate in Montreal. In 1990 she was moved to FBI’s Minneapolis field office where she was appointed the Chief Division Counsel. She was a constitutional lawyer to FBI agents and police officers. She also overseeing all of the Freedom of Information, Asset Forfeiture Program, Victim Witness and community outreach programs.

In May 2002 Rowley testified to the Senate and the 9/11 Commission about the FBI’s pre-9/11 lapses due to its internal organization and mishandling of information related to the attacks. Mueller and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) pushed for and achieved a major reorganization, focused on creation of the new Office of Intelligence at the FBI. This reorganization was supported with a significant expansion of FBI personnel with counterterrorism and language skills.

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On January 3, 2006, an unauthorized professionally retouched image appeared on Rowley’s campaign website. This image depicted Kline, a retired Marine Corps colonel, as Colonel Klink from Hogan’s Heroes. Kline objected to the photo, and the Rowley campaign removed the image the same day and initiated an investigation. Rowley apologized quickly.

Facts & Trivia

Coleen Ranked on the list of most popular Special Agent. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Coleen Rowley celebrates birthday on December 20 of every year.

During the early aftermath of September 11th, when I happened to be recounting the pre–September 11th events concerning the Moussaoui investigation to other FBI personnel in other divisions or in FBIHQ, almost everyone’s first question was “Why?—Why would an FBI agent(s) deliberately sabotage a case? (I know I shouldn’t be flippant about this, but jokes were actually made that the key FBI HQ personnel had to be spies or moles like Robert Hanssen who were actually working for Osama Bin Laden to have so undercut Minneapolis’s effort.)

Top Facts about Coleen Rowley

1. Coleen Rowley is a retired FBI agent and attorney.
2. She was born on December 20, 1954 in New Hampton, Iowa.
3. Rowley served as an FBI special agent for 24 years.
4. In 2002, she blew the whistle on intelligence failures prior to the September 11 attacks.
5. Time Magazine named her one of three “Persons of the Year” in 2002.
6. Rowley ran for Congress in Minnesota’s second district in 2006 but lost.
7. She has been a vocal critic of government surveillance and civil liberties violations.
8. Rowley received numerous awards for her whistleblowing actions and advocacy work.
9. She authored a book titled “The FBI War on Tupac Shakur and Black Leaders.”
10. As of 2021, she continues to speak out on issues related to national security and civil liberties.