Definition of Counterterrorist Center

1. Noun. An agency that helps the Director of Central Intelligence coordinate counterterrorist efforts in order to preempt and disrupt and defeat terrorist activities at the earliest possible stage.

Exact synonyms: Ctc
Category relationships: Act Of Terrorism, Terrorism, Terrorist Act
Group relationships: Central Intelligence Agency, Cia
Generic synonyms: Agency, Authority, Bureau, Federal Agency, Government Agency, Office

Lexicographical Neighbors of Counterterrorist Center

Councilmania
Counsel to the Crown
Count Alessandro Volta
Count Alessandro di Cagliostro
Count Branicki's mice
Count Branicki's mouse
Count Dracula
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin
Count Fleet
Count Lev Nikolayevitch Tolstoy
Count Maurice Maeterlinck
Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf
Count Rumford
Counter-Reformation
Counter Reformation
Counterterrorist Center (current term)
Country Code
County Durham
Couperin
Courbet
Courier
Courland
Courlander
Courlanders
Cournand's dip
Court
Court of Saint James's
Courtelle
Courtney
Courvoisier

Literary usage of Counterterrorist Center

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the President's Commission on Aviation Security and Terrorism (1993)
"Central Intelligence Agency In early 1986, the Director of Central Intelligence established a counterterrorist center designed to apply CIA resources more ..."

2. Combating Terrorism: Federal Agencies' Efforts to Implement National Policy by Stephen L. Caldwell (1997)
"CIA'S Counterterrorist Center is ... operates under the oversight of the Community Counterterrorism Board, which is part of the Counterterrorist Center. ..."

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