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'''Henry "Hank" Crumpton''' is a U.S. counterterrorism specialist, long a covert operator in the [[Central Intelligence Agency]], whose identity became known in 2005. He became the [[U.S. State Department]] [[Coordinator for Counterterrorism]], with the rank of Ambassador. <ref name=WaPo>{{citation
'''Henry "Hank" Crumpton''' is a U.S. counterterrorism specialist, long a covert operator in the Central Intelligence Agency]], whose identity became known in 2005. He became the U.S. State Department]] Coordinator for Counterterrorism]], with the rank of Ambassador. <ref name=WaPo>{{citation
  | title = In From the Cold and Able to Take the Heat
  | title = In From the Cold and Able to Take the Heat
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  | isbn = 0891418723}}</ref> energy and climate change issues "keep him up at night" in 2009.<ref>{{citation
  | isbn = 0891418723}}</ref> energy and climate change issues "keep him up at night" in 2009.<ref>{{citation
  | http://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/06/03/what_worries_hank_crumpton
  | http://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/06/03/what_worries_hank_crumpton
  | author = [[Thomas Ricks]] | journal = [[Foreign Policy (magazine)|''Foreign Policy'']]
  | author = Thomas Ricks]] | journal = Foreign Policy (magazine)|''Foreign Policy'']]
  | title = What worries Hank Crumpton | date =3 June 2009}}</ref>
  | title = What worries Hank Crumpton | date =3 June 2009}}</ref>


[[David Kilcullen]] credits him with new understandings of terrorism, such as coining the term "micro-actors with massive impact" for the autonomous group that perpetrated the [[2008 bombings of Madrid]].<ref name=Accident>{{citation
David Kilcullen]] credits him with new understandings of terrorism, such as coining the term "micro-actors with massive impact" for the autonomous group that perpetrated the 2008 bombings of Madrid]].<ref name=Accident>{{citation
  | title = The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One
  | title = The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One
  | author = David Kilcullen
  | author = David Kilcullen

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Henry "Hank" Crumpton is a U.S. counterterrorism specialist, long a covert operator in the Central Intelligence Agency]], whose identity became known in 2005. He became the U.S. State Department]] Coordinator for Counterterrorism]], with the rank of Ambassador. [1] Simply known as "Hank" when running covert operations in Afghanistan, [2] energy and climate change issues "keep him up at night" in 2009.[3]

David Kilcullen]] credits him with new understandings of terrorism, such as coining the term "micro-actors with massive impact" for the autonomous group that perpetrated the 2008 bombings of Madrid]].[4]

References

  1. Robin Wright (12 September 2005), "In From the Cold and Able to Take the Heat", Washington Post
  2. Gary C. Schroen (2005), First In: An Insider's Account of How the CIA Spearheaded the War on Terror in Afghanistan, Ballentine, ISBN 0891418723
  3. Thomas Ricks]] (3 June 2009), "What worries Hank Crumpton", Foreign Policy (magazine)
  4. David Kilcullen (2009), The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One, Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780195368345, p. 6