Joint Terrorism Task Force
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Abbreviation | FBI |
Motto | Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity |
Headquarters | J. Edgar Hoover BuildingNorthwest, Washington, D.C. |
Subgroups | • FBI Academy • FBI Laboratory • Criminal Justice Information Services • (CJIS) • Critical Incident Response Group • (CIRG) • Counterterrorism Division • (CTD) • FBI Police • (FBIP) |
Staff | 35,104 |
"Imagine this story. “A shadowy group referred to in the press as “the JTTF” has claimed responsibility for a planned attack on a college cafeteria. Aspiring martyr Alex Ciccolo, 23, of North Adams, MA, apparently fell under the influence of this group over a year ago. The JTTF has over one hundred cells located all over the country.
This is not the first time the JTTF has claimed responsibility for fomenting fear in our nation’s cities. It has a pattern of recruiting vulnerable, mentally ill young men, often playing on their religious feelings to incite them into criminal attacks on their fellow Americans.”
This reads like an absurd fiction, but it’s actually a fairly accurate description of the work done by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force on the recently announced Ciccolo case and in many other similar cases over the years."[1]