Word: counterterror
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Although there hasn't been much noise about terrorism as the year 2001 approaches, the FBI and Defense Department have quietly put their counterterror units in a state of high alert. Reason: Ramadan, the Islamic holy month, which ends on Dec. 26, includes the Night of Power, marking the time the first verses of the Koran were revealed to the prophet Muhammad. The anniversary of that holy event falls on Dec. 23 and is thought by FBI analysts to be of particular significance to radical Jihadists such as OSAMA BIN LADEN. According to one FBI official, as many as three...
...bringing them online and then activating the FBI's high-tech Strategic Operations and Information Center. Then he called Roger Nisley, chief of the Critical Incident Response Group, and delivered a go message: "Get the Rapid Deployment team rolling toward Andrews [Air Force Base]," he ordered. Nisley, an experienced counterterror tactical agent, knew what to do. After the bombings of the U.S. embassies in East Africa in 1998, it took 40 hours to get most FBI investigators on site. Learning from Africa, Freeh created five special Rapid Deployment teams around the country ready to fly anywhere. The first FBI boots...