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Global Response Staff

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Global Response Staff
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Agency overview
Formed2001 (2001)
TypeParamilitary protection force
StatusActive
HeadquartersGeorge Bush Center for Intelligence
Langley, Virginia, U.S.
EmployeesClassified
Annual budgetClassified
Agency executives
Parent agencyCentral 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[edit]

The GRS was founded in 2001

Camp Chapman attack[edit]

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[edit]

2012 Benghazi attack[edit]

Media portrayals[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Miller, Greg; Tate, Julie (December 27, 2012). "CIA's secret security group emerges from shadows". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 22, 2024. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  2. "Global Response Staff - CIA". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  3. 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.
  4. Shinkman, Paul (January 15, 2016). "Benghazi, '13 Hours' and the New U.S. Military". U.S. News & World Report.


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