Tim Clemente
| Tim Clemente | |
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| Born |
Timothy G. Clemente October 18, 1960 San Francisco, California |
| Nationality | American |
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Screenwriter Federal Bureau of Investigation Former SWAT team member |
Timothy G. Clemente (born October 18, 1960) is an American counter-terrorism expert who has worked as an FBI Special Agent and SWAT team member in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. He also ran a cover joint operation with the Department of Energy's National Emergency Support Team, which was tasked with protecting the U.S. from attack by rogue nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction. Clemente went undercover as a drug smuggler and took down members of the Cali Cartel working in narcotics and organized crime investigations in the U.S. and South America.
A 2011 Esquire profile by Daniel Voll described Clemente as "an excellent terrorist hunter".
Born in San Francisco, California, Clemente earned a B.A. in International Politics from Fordham University in 1982. At Fordham, he competed in NCAA football, lacrosse, track and field, and rugby.
Clemente graduated at the top of his class from the St. Louis Police Academy. He won awards for his firearms skill, academic performance, and for Best Overall Officer, in addition to receiving field commendations for bravery and exceptional performance of duty.
Before working at the FBI, Clemente was a police officer in St. Louis, Missouri, where he was cited several times for bravery and excellent service.
As an FBI Special Agent in the 1990s and 2000s, Clemente worked as a counterterrorism expert and a SWAT team member, sniper, and tactical instructor. He carried out narcotics and terrorism investigations around the world. In the late 1990s, he was one of the FBI agents who worked on the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam. On 9/11, he was one of the first FBI agents on the scene after American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon.
Clemente went to Iraq for the first time in January 2004. A 2011 Esquire article described his close friendship with a former member of Saddam's police force whom Clemente trained in Iraq in 2004 to be a terrorist hunter and became, in the view of U.S. experts, "the best terrorist hunter alive." The article depicted the two men's activities in Iraq, hunting down and "turning" terrorists.
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