The official said the destroyed CIA office was engaged in counterterrorist and counterintelligence operations.

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Members of the military's elite counterterrorist Delta Force unit also were involved, they said.

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His counterterrorist adviser, John Brennan, is as institutional a case officer as Langley has ever produced.

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Ali Soufan, a former FBI counterterrorist agent and author of "The Black Banners, " says the movie leaves a false impression about their effectiveness.

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The Obama Administration's Department of Justice recently extended an invitation to former US attorney Andrew McCarthy to participate in a roundtable on counterterrorist policy.

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Last season, it rapidly took control of Bauer's troubled counterterrorist unit.

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Aaron Cohen, a former member of Israel's counterterrorist special forces unit and now the director of IMS Security in Hollywood, works with numerous high-profile individuals and families, including supermodel Kate Moss.

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The Obama Administration had earlier argued that the most likely conflicts confronting the nation involved counterterrorist operations at home and abroad and counterinsurgency campaigns similar to those in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Mr. MICHAEL EISENSTAT (Washington Institute for Near East Policy): It has to be a much larger, a much more capable force and it probably has to include light and mechanized infantry, armor, light artillery, as well as special forces who are capable of conducting a counterinsurgency and counterterrorist type operations.

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