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The coordinator and special envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant between 2020 and 2021 was Nathan Sales. Originally the Office for Combating Terrorism and later the Bureau of Counterterrorism, the bureau's name was expanded in 2016 to include countering violent extremism in its mandate. [3] [4] [5]
Hellenic National Intelligence Service [4] (NIS-EYP) Sub-Directorate for International Terrorism and Organized Crime [5] Hungary. Constitution Protection Office (Hungary) (NBH) [6] Iceland. Greiningardeild Ríkislögreglustjóra - National Security Unit; India. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Directorate of Air Intelligence (A.I.)
The Department of State, along with the United States Department of the Treasury, also has the authority to designate individuals and entities as subject to counter-terrorism sanctions according to Executive Order 13224. The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) maintains a separate list of such individuals and entities. [1] [2]
The list, which the State Department is required by law to provide the U.S. Congress, is not the same as the State Sponsors of Terrorism list, according to the department official.
The coordinator for counterterrorism heads the Bureau of Counterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism, which coordinates U.S. government efforts to fight terrorism. [1] As the head of the counterterrorism bureau, the coordinator for counterterrorism has the rank of both ambassador-at-large and assistant secretary. [2] [3]
Secretary of State Antony Blinken removed Cuba Wednesday from the State Department's short list of countries that it deems less than fully cooperative against violent groups. In a statement, the ...
Diplomatic Security Service; FBI Counterterrorism Division; Federal Air Marshal Service; Homeland Security Investigations & Special Reaction Teams; Intelligence Support Activity (ISA) U.S. Secret Service (Counter Assault Team), (National Counterterrorism Center) U.S. Customs and Border Protection Special Operations Group
Under the Obama administration, the website of the Department of State had indicated that the State Department's 75,547 employees included 13,855 foreign service officers; 49,734 locally employed staff, whose duties are primarily serving overseas; and 10,171 predominantly domestic civil service employees.