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• a  intended to prevent terrorism
  the government took counterterror measures

• The "nation-building" objective of restoring the central government's authority in a failed state and the counterterror objective of eliminating three key Qaeda operatives appear .
• Frances Townsend, the White House counterterror boss, said the information was declassified because all the players and sources associated with the information have been tracked .
• First, he said the Bush team demoted his counterterror czar Richard Clarke.

• counterterrorist

News & Articles

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• Michael Shank: Barack Obama's Africa Trip Misses Military Mission Creep on Continent
  Not on President Obama's oversight agenda: The troubling ramp up of military and counterterror assistance to these countries and the human rights abuses committed by these same actors. It should be.
  June 22, 2013 - The Huffington Post
• Edward Snowden defends NSA leaks, attacks U.S. officials in live chat, Guardian says
  Congressional leaders have called Snowden a traitor for revealing once-secret surveillance programs two weeks ago in the Guardian and The Washington Post. The National Security Agency programs collect records of millions of Americans' telephone calls and Internet usage as a counterterror tool. The disclosures revealed the scope of the collections, which surprised many Americans and have sparked ...
  June 17, 2013 - The Oregonian
• G8 faces uncertain recoveries, turbulent markets
  On the sidelines and over dinner, it's expected that the discussions will broaden to include the election results in Iran and data protection, following revelations about a U.S. counterterror surveillance program.
  June 17, 2013 - Portland Press Herald

Quotes

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• Michael Hayden in Washington Post
  Jose built a reputation for leadership in the field and here at headquarters, and he guided some of the agency's greatest counterterror victories,CIA Director Michael Hayden said in a statement.
• Harry Reid in Washington Times
  Our first step: immediately transitions the US mission away from policing a civil war to training and equipping Iraqi security forces, protecting US forces and conducting targeted counterterror operations,Mr. Reid said. "US troops should...