Booth's last assignment at the State Department was as the Deputy Director of Counterintelligence where he was the recipient of three US Department of State Superior Honor awards, a Department of Energy Meritorious Service Award, and a National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation from the Director of Central Intelligence.

In Washington, DC, Booth was also the Chief of the Office of Professional Responsibility where he managed over 300 investigations, and the Chief of Overseas Training Programs where he strengthened and enhanced training for professional security officers. He also served as a Special Agent in the Office of Protection for the Secretary of State and in the Washington Field Office.

Booth served as a Regional Security Officer at many overseas posts including the US Embassy in Paris, France; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Tokyo, Japan; Geneva, Switzerland; and Beijing, China. In Paris, he designed the first-ever foreign language security awareness briefing for 1,200 local employees and acted as liaison for 175 US and French security officials during the 50th anniversary of the Victory in Europe celebrations.

Booth has a Political Science degree from the University of Tennessee with additional graduate work in Public Administration. He completed the Training Specialist Certification Program at Georgetown University as well as the Certified Criminal Investigations Supervisor Program at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC). He is fluent in French.