He spoke about his administration's counterterrorism policies yesterday, or at least he tried to.
What had been presented primarily as a counter-proliferation mission has been reconceived as counterterrorism.
National security experts said many questions remained about U.S. counterterrorism policy, including drone strikes.
Instead, the Obama administration was planning to announce the successful counterterrorism operation that Tuesday.
In Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel ordered a review of counterterrorism resources after the Boston attack.
The Intelligence report said counterterrorism has seriously damaged the leadership of al-Qaida and disrupted its operations.
More recently, during President George W. Bush's presidency, the new counterterrorism programs provoked heated debates.
President Obama and I have decided to strengthen our cooperation in the area of counterterrorism.
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"It's a positive step, " said Andrew Cochran, founder and co-chairman of the Counterterrorism Foundation.
U.S. counterterrorism officials will not comment on whether intelligence from Vinas helped with any specific strike.
Officials said they hoped the technology would enhance counterterrorism efforts and boost conventional crime-fighting efforts.
We also discussed the extraordinary counterterrorism cooperation that's taking place between our two countries.
The fact that counterterrorism operations are covert makes them difficult for politicians to discuss.
Meanwhile, Martin Stone, Aon's director of counterterrorism and political risk, said Libya deserved its low rating.
Nayef served as Saudi interior minister since 1975, having overseen the kingdom's counterterrorism efforts.
And all of our efforts, counterterrorism efforts, are designed with precision as an essential component.
Today, counterterrorism detectives arrested another two people in London, a man and a woman, both aged 29.
For larger police departments with dedicated counterterrorism money, the Boston attack has added urgency to some projects.
For counterterrorism agencies, self-radicalization is difficult to trace because it may not involve obvious contacts with others.
And going forward, that has to inform how we approach our relationship with respect to counterterrorism generally.
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The intelligence community is poring through all threat reporting for any clues, U.S. counterterrorism officials told CNN.
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The tripwire program can work even when suspects don't buy the materials that counterterrorism officials worry about.
More than a thousand counterterrorism officers were assigned to protect the city, as well as increased patrols.
U.S. counterterrorism officials say Iraq's ability to fight al Qaeda has diminished since U.S. troops left in 2011.
We are engaged in a very -- a much tighter and quite aggressive effort with respect to counterterrorism.
Among the changes: the creation of battlefield-intelligence units that work directly with Special Operations forces on counterterrorism missions.
In Washington, counterterrorism officials said they hadn't seen any prior intelligence suggesting a plot against the Boston Marathon.
However, U.S. counterterrorism officials say signs point to Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, and they haven't seen anything to rule it out.
The command is headquartered in Djibouti and runs U.S. military operations in East Africa, including some counterterrorism operations.
And Indonesia, obviously, is an important counterterrorism relationship that is important to this country and to this administration.
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