Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell

The Presidency of Barack Obama established the Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell on June 24, 2015.^[1] The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the lead agency, coordinating the work of staff from the FBI, the Department of State, the Department of Defense and the Treasury Department.^[2]

By its third anniversary the Cell had aided in the recovery of 180 American citizens.^[3]

The Cell has a team to assist the family members of hostages.^[4] Rob Saale, director of the Cell from 2017-2019, described the government treating families poorly, prior to the Cell's creation.^[5]