Counter Terrorist Unit

The Counter Terrorism Unit, often reffered to as the Counter Terrorist Unit is an intelligence organisation in the United States of America which works to prevent terrorist acts.

The Organisation
The Counter Terrorism Unit or CTU is based in Washington DC] but has several branches across the [[United States of America|US. One branch which has possibly responded to the most immediate threats is the CTU Los Angeles which has had to respond to the attempted assasination of Senator Palmer, a nuclear threat, a deadly virus and the abduction of the Secretary of Defense.

It is not clear who operates the CTU but it was once stated that it operates under the Centeral Intelligence Agency which seems unlikely because the CIA cannot operate within US borders. The CTUis proberbly not under the controlof the Department of Defense as several of the key CTU staff have often complained about taking orders from the Secretary of Defense and even former about taking orders from the Secretary of Defense.