"The lawyers in the U.S. Attorney's office were a couple of decades older than Nick, but there was no doubt that he was the top dog," Jeff Feldman, who represented an early target of Operation Polar Pen, said.
The Pakistani Taliban are the chief target of Operation Zarb-e-Azb - named after the sword of the Prophet Muhammad.
It is also perceived as a positive development that the Gülenist infiltrationist network in the state is getting dismantled, which has been seen as a threat by most of the society, given that diverse socio-political groups, from secularist soldiers to Kurdish activists, have been the target of operations by Gülenist policemen, prosecutors and media in the past decade.
The targets of the operation were bitter rivals, particularly for working-class Shia support, but the operations reassured Iraq's Sunnis nonetheless.
Mr. Pataki did not name specific Democratic lawmakers who would be targets of the operation.
Some of the targets of the operation are being electronically monitored under the authority of national security warrants.
Some of the targets of the operation are arrested, while others are simply told to leave the area.
Given the sophistication of the intruders and the targets of the operation, the researchers said, it is possible that the Chinese government approved of the spying.
The targets of the operation were Base Areas 353, 354, and 707 located north and northeast of Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.
The cities of Hachiōji, Mito, Nagaoka and Toyama were the main targets of this operation; all four suffered extensive damage and 99.5 percent of buildings in Toyama were destroyed.
