Editing Gary C. Schroen (section)

==Role in 9/11 and the War on Terror==
Just days from retirement, Schroen was called back to duty after the September 11, 2001, attacks. He led the first team of CIA officers into Afghanistan, code-named Jawbreaker (or Northern Alliance Liaison Team - NALT), on September 26, 2001. His mission was to establish connections with the Northern Alliance (United Islamic National Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan) to set the stage for the defeat of the Taliban and to (countinue) the 'search' for Osama bin Laden. 

For nearly a month, Schroen's team was the only American presence in the country. He published a best-selling book about this experience, "First In: An Insider's Account of How the CIA Spearheaded the War on Terror in Afghanistan," in 2005.