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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Special Agent in
4 Charge of the Springfield Division of the Federal Bureau of
5 Investigation Weysan Dun on his appointment as Special Agent in
6 Charge of the Newark, New Jersey Division; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Mr. Dun began his career as an FBI Special Agent
8 in 1982; he served in the San Francisco, Omaha, and Chicago
9 Divisions, where he specialized in national security matters,
10 high technology theft investigations, violent crimes,
11 terrorism, and extremist matters; while in Omaha, Mr. Dun
12 directed and conducted a domestic terrorism investigation that
13 resulted in the dismantling of an extremist organization in
14 southeastern Nebraska in 1985; and
 
15     WHEREAS, In 1988, Mr. Dun was promoted to Supervisory
16 Special Agent of the National Security Division at FBI
17 Headquarters in Washington, D.C; he also served as an Assistant
18 Inspector in the Inspection Division; in 1991, Mr. Dun became a
19 Supervisory Senior Resident Agent in the Hartford, Connecticut
20 Resident Agency, where he directed several Violent Crimes Gang
21 Task Forces that helped dismantle a number of violent street
22 gangs in Connecticut; he also led numerous Organized Crime Drug
23 Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigations targeting major

 

 

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1 drug trafficking groups in New England; and
 
2     WHEREAS, Mr. Dun returned to FBI Headquarters in 1997,
3 where he directed the creation of the Program Management and
4 Coordination Unit in the Organized Crime/Drug Investigations
5 Branch of the Criminal Investigative Division; Mr. Dun served
6 as chief of this unit until he was designated Assistant Special
7 Agent in Charge of the Omaha Division in July 1998; and
 
8     WHEREAS, In Omaha, Mr. Dun directed a number of significant
9 drug, violent crime, domestic terrorism, and cyber crime
10 investigations, and the implementation of the Nebraska/Iowa
11 Joint Terrorism Task Force; in July 2002, he was promoted to
12 Inspector in the Inspection Division at FBI Headquarters, where
13 he served until July 2003, when he was designated Special Agent
14 in Charge of the Springfield Division ; and
 
15     WHEREAS, Mr. Dun is a native of Kirksville, Missouri; he
16 earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Cornell University in
17 Ithaca, New York; he served in the United States Army, Military
18 Intelligence Branch, where he attained the rank of Captain and
19 was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal; therefore, be it
 
20     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
21 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
22 congratulate Special Agent in Charge Weysan Dun on his

 

 

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1 promotion to the Newark Division; and be it further
 
2     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
3 presented to Special Agent in Charge Dun as a symbol of our
4 respect.