Following the September 11 attacks , Gorka became a public figure in Hungary as a television counterterrorism expert . This led to his being asked in 2002 to serve as an official expert on the parliamentary investigatory committee created to uncover the Communist background and alleged counterespionage of the new Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Medgyessy . Gorka failed to obtain the necessary security clearance from the National Security Office to serve on the committee , apparently because he was widely regarded as a spy working for British counterintelligence . Gorka defended himself against the charge by saying his service in the British army was merely as a uniformed member of its counterterrorism unit , tasked with assessing threats from groups such as the IRA
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Sebastian Gorka