Check who else was in the NYFO CI div in 2015…
In 2012, Mr. Priestap was promoted to section chief in the Counterintelligence Division at FBIHQ, and, in 2013, Mr. Priestap was named special agent in charge of the Counterintelligence Division in the New York Field Office.
https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/e.w.-priestap-named-assistant-director-of-the-counterintelligence-division