Blue Light (counter-terrorist subunit) Blue Light (counter-terrorist subunit) Blue Light was an American counter-terrorist subunit of the 5th Special Forces Group that existed into the late 1970s. According to Col. Charles Beckwith's memoirs, this counter-terrorist group was formed by U.S. Army Special Forces leadership to fill an important counter-terrorism gap until Delta Force became operational. He stated that the unit was disbanded when Delta Force went operational. Beckwith's memoir, "Delta Force", reports that commanders of the 5th Special Forces Group were asked by top brass of the Pentagon to quickly organize a Green Beret counter-terrorist unit to fill in until Delta Force was fully
Counter-intelligence and counter-terrorism organizations only acknowledged foreign intelligence collection agency beyond the tactical intelligence units of the military. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police was once the principal counter-intelligence agency, but most functions transferred to CSIS. Recently, however, some activities are back in the RCMP Security Service Public Safety Canada (PSC) is Canada's national emergency management agency, with a counterpart in each province. France, for example, builds its domestic counterterrorism in a law enforcement framework. In France, a senior anti-terrorism magistrate is in charge of defense against terrorism. French magistrates have multiple functions that overlap US and UK functions of investigators, prosecutors, and judges. An