Albert Grajales was the director of the Puerto Rico

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office. and Coordinator of Intelligence and Antiterrorism (CIA).

Early years

Grajales was born in

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, in December 9 of 1962, and at the age of six his family and him moved to Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Albert was a Sergeant Major at the US Jr. Army of the American Crusaders Cadets. In high school he was for three years the president of Distributive Education Clubs of America – DECA (organization) where he won the national DECA male leader of Puerto Rico. He was an advocate for the

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(MDA) and the youth

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of Puerto Rico.

Law enforcement and Intelligence career

As the Special Assistant to the attorney general of Puerto Rico

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director in the Commonwealth government of

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. He was also the Coordinator of Intelligence and

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(CIA) representing the Justice Department and the Governor office. He was in charge of all investigative operations of intelligence and

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concerning the criminal act on terrorism in Puerto Rico. He worked in conjunction with the

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investigative matters. Albert Grajales was the representative for the Attorney General and the Auxiliary Director of el ''Negociado de Investigaciones Especiales'' (NIE) (Special Investigations Bureau) for: * Executive Board Member of HIDTA (High Intensive Drug Trafficking Area) in PR and USVI * HIDTA Intelligence Subcommittee Executive member for PR and USVI * Executive Board Member of PR State Homeland Security Fusion Center) * Member of FBI's JTTF (Joint Terrorism Task Force) of the FBI * INTERPOL point of contact for Puerto Rico for the Amazon counterterrorism program (Fusion Task Force on Terrorism) * The Governor of Puerto Rico representative for the Memorial Institute for Prevention of Terrorism

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* Puerto Rico government liaison for the

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(CIA)

Career highlight: special representation and assignments

* Mr. Grajales was the special representative for Hon.

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, Governor of Commonwealth of Puerto Rico on Intelligence and Counter Terrorism matters for the US States Intelligence Community Agencies. * Agent attached to The United States Secret Service branch office of PR for three years. Based on Linked In. * INTERPOL Chairman of the Fusion Terrorism Task Force summit meeting on Counter Terrorism the Amazon Project, Sponsored by the General Secretary of INTERPOL held 2009 in Puerto Rico * Coordinator of Intelligence / Antiterrorism State official (DOJ/Governor) in charge of the Central American and Caribbean Olympic Games of 2010, Puerto Rico * Coordinator of Intelligence / Antiterrorism State official (DOJ/Governor) in charge of the visit of US President Hon.

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, 2011 in P.R.

Intelligence Consulting

Currently Albert Grajales is the CEO of Equinox Phoenix Intelligence Consulting (EPIC). Active member of the

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(AFIO). Albert is a volunteer advocate for the Central Intelligence Agency.

A Sigung in the Martial Arts and a Hall of Fame Inductee

A certified senior instructor of Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do under his instructor and mentor, Sifu Ted Wong. Martial arts instructor for law enforcement and national security special personnel.

Accolades

Al was a speaker at the 2012 Raleigh Spy Conference.''Spy Conference: INTERPOL Agent Defines Modern Terrorism, Says It Is Changing.''
Raleigh Telegram. 12 September 2012. Retrieved October 1, 2102. He hosts and produces his radio podcast program called Contra-Inteligencia at Krystal Radio Visual in Puerto Rico. Albert is an OP Columnist for

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de Puerto Rico topics on national security, public safety and history

References

External links

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