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Lincoln Journal Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • 17

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Lincoln, Nebraska
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IN CERESCO 13 MILES NO. OF LINCOLN ON HWY. 77 ak tlZBRAOIt A 09B SUNDAY JOURNAL-STAR OCTOPSR 18B6 New area chief FBI man hasliiseye on militants 1 By Bill Kreifel Nicholas O'Hara, a South Dakota native who win take charge of the FBI's Nebraska-Iowa office in Omaha in early December, says the anti-government philosophy okextremjst groups, such as the Fosse comita- tus, doesnt reflect the true public atti tude in the finan I i cially stressed farm belt, "and we're I going to do what we A I need to to knock them out of the box." O'Hara, 48, said 7V he realizes how dif nn IF 1 VHS FORMAT VIDEO RECORDER 'Ktuiniir tiaViyTSJ hut 1S OnitA franklv we'ra nveretnrkoH anH hnna not chinmontr nro.kniiH ruj zoj dise is arriving daily. We must clear warehouse and showroom space immediately, so we're biting the bullet on profit. Every item from our entire inventory will be slashed in price for this brief sale.

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However, he said, because of staffing shortages in the general criminal section, he probably wont relocate until early December. Once he does, O'Hara said, training for other law enforcement agencies also will be stressed. "It keeps us in good stead with those officers, and we learn as much from them, most of the time, as what we teach," he said. O'Hara, a 1963 graduate of the University of South Dakota law school, will succeed Nebraska-Iowa FBI chief James Ahearn, who recently was promoted to head the bureau's offices in a five-state region in New England. Ahearn moved to Omaha in late 1984 after serving as assistant special agent-in-charge of the FBI's San Francisco office.

O'Hara's early assignments with the FBI included two years as an agent in Oklahoma City, investigating bank robberies and fugitive cases, and 10 years in -Norfolk, where he investigated crimes on military reservations and thefts from the government He also served as an FBI legal instructor and an instructor of firearms and defensive tactics. Other positions Later, when sent to FBI headquarters in Washington, O'Hara had supervisory authority over bank robbery-larceny- burglary investigations conducted by 20 West Coast field offices. He also spent two years at bureau headquarters in Washington in charge of a special unit dealing with terrorism on the East Coast Later, he was in charge of an administrative support unit that directed, financed and monitored FBI undercover activities throughout the United States. He then was put in charge of the bureau's general criminal section, which has nationwide responsibility in four key areas of federal enforcement and investigation: property crimes and undercover operations; personal crimes, including bank robbery, kidnapping, extortion and assaults of federal officers and officials; prosecution cases, including the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" program; and thefts on or from military and Indian reservations. O'Hara, whose brother Patrick previously taught school in Walthill, is no relation to U.S.

Marshal Thomas O'Hara of Omaha, the marshal said. Nicholas O'Hara's two sons are in law enforcement also. Nicholas 30, is an FBI agent in Boston and Pat 22, is a police officer in Fairfax County, Va. Nicholas O'Hara Sr. and his wife, Ramona, also have two daughters Carolyn, 20, who works at Dulles International Airport in Washington, and Laurie, 18, who is studying computers in Springfield, Va.

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