Timothy G. Clemente (born October 18, 1960) is an American counter-terrorism expert who has worked as an FBI Special Agent and SWAT team member in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
Clemente went undercover as a drug smuggler and took down members of the Cali Cartel working in narcotics and organized crime investigations in the U.S. and South America.
[citation needed] As an FBI Special Agent between 1990 and 2007, Clemente worked as a counterterrorism expert and a SWAT team member, sniper, and tactical instructor.
Since then, he has worked in Hollywood writing screenplays and serving as a consultant about law enforcement, counterterrorism, and the FBI on films and TV shows.
[3] Clemente invented the Height Adjustable Rescue Assault System (HARAS), which uses wide platforms and high traction stairways to ensure easy and safe access to elevated conveyances or structures.
[7] During a May 2013 discussion on CNN of the possible role of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's wife, Catherine Russell, in her husband's actions, Clemente claimed that national security investigators "have ways...to find out exactly what was said in that conversation".