this morning i have the distinct privilege to introduce james b. comeyrecently appointed director of the federal bureau of investigation. on september 4th, 2013, jim comey was sworn in as the 7th director of the fbi. a youngers, new york, native jim attended college of william and mary and university of chicago law school. after law school he returned to new york and joined the u.s. attorney's office for the southern district of new york as an assistant u.s. attorney. there he took on numerous crimes, most notably organized crime and served as the lead prosecutor in the case of united states versus john gambino. afterward comey became an assistant u.s. attorney in the eastern district of virginia where he prosecuted the high-profile case that followed the 1996 terrorist attack on the u.s. military's khobar towers in saudi arabia. comey returned to new york after 9/11 to become the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. at the end of 2003 he was tapped to be the deputy director attorney of the department of justice under the u.s. attorney ge