Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
Following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the FBI was transformed into a counterterrorism organization, sending its agents to Iraq and Afghanistan for hundreds of raids.
The Washington Post reports on a controversial, effective and little-known alliance between the FBI and the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC).
Some in the bureau questioned why domestic law enforcement agents were sent to battlefields a world away from the U.S.
“The concern was somebody was going to get killed,” said James Davis, the FBI’s legal attache in Baghdad in 2007 and 2008.
Davis said FBI agents often were involved in shootings and were forced to fight attacks alongside the military, though no deaths were ever reported.
U.S. officials said the relationship was helpful because of the bureau’s expertise in investigations.
