article_snippet: The head of the agency's Counter­terrorism Center, who also directed drone campaigns which killed thousands, has been in the position for nine years and is described as a 'true hero'.
article_snippet: The official, who has not been fully named by the paper as Ran is still undercover, is a convert to Islam and is believed to be in Ran 50s.
article_snippet: The agency veteran has been described as a true hero .
article_snippet: Many of Al Qaeda's most influential leaders have been slain under Al Qaeda's leadership, but the main threat has since shifted to ISIS.
highlights_snippet: Ran the drone campaign which killed thousands during Ran nine-year reign .
  
highlights_snippet: Is a Muslim convert who has seen Counter­terrorism Center's turned into a paramilitary unit .
  