Thomas T. Kubic, former chief of the FBI's Financial Crimes Section at the bureau's Washington headquarters, has been named special agent in charge of the agency's Salt Lake office.
He succeeds Eugene Glenn, who was reassigned to Washington amid a bitter dispute over his involvement in the Randy Weaver standoff at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.Officials announced the replacement on Monday, although Kubic has been working in the Salt Lake office since June 12.
Kubic, a native of Chicago, was a police officer in Chicago before joining the FBI in 1971. He served his first FBI assignment in Toledo, Ohio, and in 1979, he was transferred to Los Angeles as a supervisory special agent in organized-crime investigations.
He was transferred to Washington in 1984 to work for the Organized Crime Section, then was promoted to assistant agent in charge of the Oklahoma City office.
Glenn, who was the on-scene commander in the Idaho siege, was recommended for censure and a 15-day suspension before he was transferred to Washington. He was one of 12 agents publicly disciplined for the way they handled the siege.
The August 1992 raid on Weaver's remote cabin - in which an FBI sniper shot and killed Weaver's wife - has led to the demotion of the agency's No. 2 official, Larry Potts.
Glenn filed a complaint with the agency in May, claiming that versions from other officials of what happened at the shootout conflict with written logs and evidence.
FBI Director Louis Freeh ordered a new investigation into whether officials covered up their conduct and gave false testimony.