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Operational Support Branch The Operational Support Branch handles administrative responsibilities for CTD, and admimsters the Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force, the Terrorist Screening Center, and the Terrorist Financing Operations Section (all of which are described in detail elsewhere in this report) This branch also runs two critical components of our counterterrorism operations. National Threat Center Section The National Threat Center Section administers CT Watch and other units related to threat management: 1) the Public Access Center Unit that receives threat information from the public and forwards it to the appropriate unit; 2) the Terrorist Watch and Warning Unit that produces finished intelligence products for the law enforcement community (such as Intelligence Bulletins and Special Event Threat Assessments}; and. 3) the Threat Monitoring Unit that collects threat information, looks for patterns and connections, and provides “raw” threat-related intelligence reports. This Section also runs SIOC, the 24/7 command and crisis response center at FBI Headquarters, Counterterrorism Operational Response Section The Counterterrorism Operational Response Section lends critical support in three areas. It supports the National Joint Terrorism Task Force; it coordinates deployment of the Headquarters- based “Fly Teams” and the field office-based Rapid Deployment Teams; and it conducts liaison with the Department of Defense (DOD) and manages FBI personnel working with the military in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and Afghanistan. Counterterrorism Analysis Branch The Counterterrorism Analysis Branch oversees the bulk of the CTD’s intelligence. functions, including analysis, evidence exploitation, and the preparation and dissemination of finished intelligence products and briefing materials. Today, the Counterterrorism Analysis Branch operates with the guidance and oversight of the FBI's Office of Intelligence and is a vital part of the FBI's enterprise-wide intelligence program It is comprised of two sections. Counterterrorism Analysis Section The Counterterrorism Analysis Section includes five units whose areas of focus mirror those of the units.in the Investigative Operations Section. These units examine the composition, activities, tradecraft, ideology, and linkages of terrorist groups, and they assess terrorist activities and threats to assist FBI managers in making decisions about deployments and the allocation of resources. Communications Exploitation Section The Communications Exploitation Section processes information and disseminates information denved from the full range of media. [tis an integral participant in the National Document Exploitation Center process. MISC DOC. #5 22 000000361 Pe Sa i er ee oe es i Site ee errr roo. an seated U2 Jey