Clare M. Lopez, a retired operations officer with the CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA), has been named deputy director of the newly formed U.S. Counterterrorism Advisory Team (USCTAT), a 10-plus member council composed of nationally recognized military, counterterrorism, and intelligence experts, serving as the ascendant organization to a variety of subordinate counterterrorism initiatives, including a research arm, a special branch, an executive tasking branch, and Counterterrorism Task Force-SCMD (which is responsible for providing information to - and briefing - the Joint Services Detachment, S.C. Military Department).
