President Barack Obama?on Friday nominated intelligence specialist Matthew Olsen to head the?National Counterterrorism Center, which works to thwart attacks on US soil.
Olsen, a lawyer who is currently general counsel at the secretive National Security Agency, has also served in the Justice Department and will replace?Michael Leiter, who stepped down last month.
?Matt has a distinguished record of service in our intelligence community and I?m confident he will continue to build on our strong counterterrorism efforts,? Obama said in a statement.
?Matt will be a critical part of my national security team as we work tirelessly to thwart attacks against our nation and do everything in our power to protect?the American people.?
If confirmed by the Senate, Olsen will join the center as it seeks to share counterterrorism information and threat data across the US government and its myriad intelligence agencies.
At the Justice Department, Olsen conducted a comprehensive review of intelligence information on detainees at the?Guantanamo Bay camp?for terror suspects as part of Obama?s so-far unsuccessful attempt to close the facility.
Olsen?s appointment was announced two days after the Obama administration unveiled a new counterterrorism strategy, which pursues the ?utter destruction? of Al-Qaeda and refocuses US resources to combat the threat of home-grown terror.
The new strategy comes 10 years into the US-led ?war on terror,? launched by?former president George W. Bush?after the deadly September 11 attacks on the United States.
By John Thys, AFP, July 1, 2011.
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Source: http://morrisonworldnews.com/?p=52559
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