Gary Berntsen

Gary Berntsen
Gary Berntsen
Born	July 23, 1957
	Espionage activity
Allegiance	United States
Agency	CIA
Service years	1982–2005
Operations	Invasion of Afghanistan Battle of Tora Bora; ;

Gary Berntsen (born July 23, 1957) is an American former Central Intelligence Agency career officer. During his time at the CIA, he served as a Station Chief on three occasions and led several counterterrorism deployments including the United States’ response to the East Africa Embassy bombings and the 9/11 attacks. He was awarded the Distinguished Intelligence Medal in 2000 and the Intelligence Star in 2004.

He later ran for the US Senate in 2010 for Chuck Schumer's seat, but lost the Republican primary to Jay Townsend, who in turn lost the general election.

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