On 31 March, the Combating Terrorism Center’s Class of 1971 Senior Fellow, the Honorable Juan C. Zarate, visited the CTC. In addition to discussions with CTC leadership, Mr. Zarate lectured to cadets in the Terrorism Minor. Mr. Zarate served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism from 2005 to 2009. He was responsible for developing and implementing the U.S. government’s counterterrorism strategy and policies related to transnational security threats. Mr. Zarate was the first-ever Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes. He is the chairman and co-founder of the Financial Integrity Network, the senior national security analyst for CBS News, and a visiting lecturer of law at the Harvard Law School.
