Global Response Staff
 Directorate of Support seal | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 2001 |
| Type | Paramilitary protection force |
| Status | Active |
| Headquarters | George Bush Center for Intelligence Langley, Virginia, U.S. |
| Employees | Classified |
| Annual budget | Classified |
| Agency executives | |
| Parent agency | Central Intelligence Agency |
The Global Response Staff (GRS) is a component of the Central Intelligence Agency. Established in 2001 following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the GRS is responsible for providing protection of CIA employees abroad.[1]
Members of the GRS are known as special agents,[2] and formerly protective agents.
History
The GRS was founded in 2001
Camp Chapman attack
On December 30, 2009, Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, a triple agent working for the Jordanian General Intelligence Department and loyal to Al-Qaeda, carried out a suicide attack against Forward Operating Base Chapman, detonating a bomb vest inside, killing two GRS contractors.[3]
Raymond Allen Davis incident
2012 Benghazi attack
Media portrayals
The film 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi follows a team of Global Response Staff agents during the 2012 Benghazi attack.[4]
See also
- Special Activities Center – CIA paramilitary unit
- Scorpions (Iraq) – CIA-backed paramilitary unit in Iraq
References
- ↑ Miller, Greg; Tate, Julie (December 27, 2012). "CIA's secret security group emerges from shadows". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
- ↑ "Global Response Staff - CIA". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
- ↑ Nakashima, R. Jeffrey Smith, Joby Warrick and Ellen (2010-01-10). "CIA bomber struck just before search". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ↑ Shinkman, Paul (January 15, 2016). "Benghazi, '13 Hours' and the New U.S. Military". U.S. News & World Report.
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