Welcome to episode 53 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.

I'm a retired agent writing crime fiction inspired by actual FBI cases. In this episode we speak with

retired agent Denise Minor who served in the FBI for nearly 29 years. She's interviewed about her extensive investigative experience working overseas,

primarily in various countries in Africa and in the United States, utilizing her French language skills to

communicate, interpret, and translate. In addition to serving as the Leagat

or legal attache and Rabat Morocco,

Minor was the French interpreter for the protocol office in support of former FBI Director Louis Freee and other FBI executives.

She was deployed to Nairobi Kenya to lead a small team with French language skills to conduct terrorism investigations

and the Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros Islands. She was deployed to Rwanda to investigate human rights violations and genocide

and had numerous other assignments that took her to Yemen, Haiti, and other French-speaking destinations around the world.

Her state side assignments included leading a team of crime analyst at the Behavioral

Analysis Unit, B-A-U, violent criminal apprehension program, and serving as a leadership

development program facilitator on the FBI's leadership learning delivery team.

After retiring from the FBI, minor, a licensed attorney and certified personal coach

opened her own leadership development consulting firm, Mind Spring Metro D.C.

Incorporated.

I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I did.

Denise and I did not know each other.

We did not have the opportunity to meet during our careers,

but we had so much in common,

which you'll hear about as you listen to the interview.

Even with our similar backgrounds, you can see how our careers took us in totally different directions,

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