Computer surveillance occupied only the ground floor of the intelligence center.

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After his Marine training at Camp Baret, Gen Allen transferred to Washington DC in the early 1980s where he successfully completed the Postgraduate Program of the Defense Intelligence Center.

BBC: Gen John R. Allen

Pakistani forces, with the help of intelligence from the center, last week raided an al-Qaeda hideout near the Afghan border.

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