The 46-year-old Mr. Peskin, on the other hand, is widely described as a bare-knuckled powerbroker, a capable operative who has turned the Democratic Party in San Francisco into a solidly progressive political machine.
The documents claim Mohammed "is one of history's most infamous terrorists" and that his capture three years ago "deprived al-Qaida of one of its most capable senior operatives".
Officials said that both American and foreign intelligence services had collected evidence leading them to conclude that at least one of the camps in Pakistan might be training operatives capable of striking Western targets.
Experts question how effectively European police officials are keeping track of the kind of serious, well-trained operatives capable of staging attacks versus counting up donors to funds for orphans of suicide bombers.
WASHINGTON — Al Qaeda is gaining in strength from its refuge in Pakistan and is steadily improving its ability to recruit, train and position operatives capable of carrying out attacks inside the United States, the director of national intelligence told a Senate panel on Tuesday.
Washington|Intelligence Chief Cites Qaeda Threat to U.S. Intelligence Chief Cites Qaeda Threat to U.S. WASHINGTON — Al Qaeda is gaining in strength from its refuge in Pakistan and is steadily improving its ability to recruit, train and position operatives capable of carrying out attacks inside the United States, the director of national intelligence told a Senate panel on Tuesday.
But it takes years to train new case officers, let alone to develop seasoned operatives capable of delicate missions in global hot spots.
The appropriate use of accurate screening and monitoring technologies can facilitate timely referral to facilities capable of providing operative delivery or other interventions for complications prior to or during labour.
There may be one salutary result of all this stumbling: Self-confident Foreign Service officers who are aligning themselves with the more capable among the C.I.A. operatives attached to their embassies resolve immediate problems with local officials before the commandos swoop in.
This has not been connected to allegations of violence but instead to internal maneuverings as the Trump campaign tries to build an operation, led by veteran Republican operative Paul Manafort, capable of wooing delegates in a contested convention.
He has three wildly overpriced players, two surely past their peaks -- Mitch Richmond and Strickland (both earning $10 million a year) -- and Howard, a capable, but hardly stupendous, operative (especially not with a long-term contract at around $16.9 million a year).
