Upon entering the headquarters of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) in McLean, Virginia, the first thing you see are displays with debris from the attacks of September 11, 2001. Steel beams from the Twin Towers. Limestone from a damaged section of the Pentagon. Fuselage from United Flight 93 that crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. A torn American flag from Ground Zero in New York City. For NCTC, which today hosted a celebration with current and former employees marking its twentieth anniversary, these displays are a solemn reminder of the mission and why we serve. As we navigate another transformational moment in the global terrorism threat environment, the role of agencies like NCTC will remain vital in the years ahead.
When al-Qa`ida killed 2,977 people on September 11, 2001, our country had no greater priority than to stop Bin Laden and his followers from continuing their campaign of terror and plunging the world into a backwards vision of oppression and violence.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) today released a mobile app, aCTknowledge, that shares unclassified counterterrorism reports, analysis, training resources, and alerts. The app is a first-of-its-kind platform that provides real-time unclassified intelligence on potential terrorist activities that may impact our country.
Seth Jones, Harold Brown Chair and Director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Transnational Threats Project, joins National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Director Chris Miller to discuss Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, Iran, Russia, and more.