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English to Portuguese translations [PRO] Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / release de um filme | |||||||
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4 +1 | identificador de terroristas |
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4 -1 | alvo |
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alvo Explanation: In this context the term "targeter" means that although is a CIA officer he is also a target. |
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identificador de terroristas Explanation: Targeting Analyst — Central Intelligence Agency www.cia.gov › ... › Career Opportunities › Analytical PositionsTargeting analysts research, analyze, write, and brief using network analysis techniques and specialized tools to identify and detail key threats to the US. Not anymore. Jen is a “targeter,” an analyst who pores over grainy drone footage and sorts through phone intercepts and other fragments of intelligence to find the exact location of terrorists, drug traffickers, or arms dealers. Since Sept. 11, the CIA has come under heavy, and often negative, political scrutiny. But during this same period, the agency has quietly perfected the art and science of the modern manhunt by training a generation of targeters like Jen. As opposed to the area specialists who analyze a country’s government or economy, the targeters (sometimes called “targeteers”) almost always focus on one person or one group. They work in the same units as the case officers and special forces teams that act on their analysis. And in recent years, according to Jose Rodriguez, a former deputy director of operations at the CIA, the majority of targeters have been women http://www.cartacapital.com.br/internacional/extremistas-de-... |
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