Bassem Youssef (FBI agent)

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Bassem Youssef (born Egypt) is a senior Egyptian-American FBI agent. He was the highest ranking American agent of Middle Eastern and North African descent ever employed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as of 2009, as a Unit Chief in the FBI Counterterrorism Division.^{[citation needed]} Prior to holding this position, Youssef coordinated the national counterterrorism investigation into the Islamic Group, the organization responsible for the first World Trade Center bombing.