111: The Looming Tower, John O'Neill, Yemen, and 9/11 (Part 1) - Ray Holcomb

[@SHARON.I]

John O'Neil should have been listened to. I've watched some shows about him. He was a unique FBI agent!

[@thraciangrapes]

I went through high school with John O'Neil. He was always a great guy.

[@adamfitzgerald911]

Absolutely phenomenal interview, and i posted this on all my virla media. excellent job on the talk with Holcomb. Just a note, Ramzi Yousef had never sworn "bayat" (loyalty) to Osama Bin Laden, and the Al Qaeda group was located in Sudan from 1992-1996. Yousef had never met with Bin Laden. Same with Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, until he only swore "bayat" to Bin Laden until 1999.

[@FBICaseReview]

Thanks for listening and for your note.

[@anthonycheaford1962]

I have a few questions: Have either of you heard of Al Qaidah town, Yemen? I visited it briefly on Sept 26 1997, 30mins after being introduced to 'the Engineer' in nearby Taiz. Why was KSM's Afghan boss Abdul Rasul Sayyaf put on the CIA payroll by Gary Schroen in Oct 2001? How did Qatar get away with employing KSM, helping him escape US capture in 1996, & kidnapping & jailing their dissident police chief who in 1997 warned Robert Baer that "KSM is going to hijack planes & use them as weapons"? Last question asked in context of Ali Soufan quitting the FBI & going to work for the Qatar government after 9/11.

[@FBICaseReview]

Sorry, but I don't have any knowledge about the questions you asked.

[@anthonycheaford1962]

​@@FBICaseReview They are very difficult questions; thanks for considering them! For your interest, I was an unwitting technician when sent to install printing machinery in KSM's front company in 1997 Yemen. It wasn't until 2015 I realised it was KSM's front company & till Dec 2019 that I discovered my employer's US sales agent David Dean (who set up my Yemen visit) was linked to Billy Waugh (via MACV-SOG). Waugh admitted (in his 2004 autobiography) working with AQ operators in 1990s Yemen & Dean drowned himself in Lake Hartwell on Jan 8 2020 after I made his link to Waugh public. I have documented my experiences online (easy to find via my name), including naming the multi-billion dollar Yemeni company that hosted, funded & helped KSM plan 9/11.

[@anthonycheaford1962]

One of the most disgusting comments I've ever heard was Michael Scheuer saying 'the only good thing that happened to America on 9/11 was John O'Neill's death'. The video called "Michael Scheuer doesn't like John O'Neil" is on youtube.

[@warrenlouisiana2277]

Watch the film ‘’The Man who Knew ‘’’

[@klk1900]

Part of me wonders if American Hubris isn’t partly responsible for 9/11/2001. I like to be objective so we know what not to do in the future.. but I hear multiple Americans ask questions as if the Terrorist aren’t capable human beings. Remember, humans are animals! We all have primal hardwiring. So all humans are capable of doing the same things. -- my view is. If we speak of them as “sub human” that means we haven’t learned a single thing and we are still underestimating these guys. -- my experience the most dangerous human beings are the ones that haven’t been domesticated. The ones that operate on the natural primal biological hardwiring. Sorta like chimps or gorillas in the wild. -- but the reality is rather we like it or not. These guys are humans just like any other human. it’s extremely important we think of them as such. Never underestimate any human being! especially the ones we’ve invaded, bullied, extorted, or simply attacked in the last 40-60yrs. They have long memories!

[@StoneDigital]

Really interesting. I got on a John Oniel rabbit hole. Pretty nuts the Yemen ambassador initially told them 40k casualties!! Makes me wonder where that person got their info from before passing it along to the freekin FBI. Wild. Thanks for your great show going to sub

[@FBICaseReview]

Thanks for listening!

[@thraciangrapes]

Me too. I went to school with John.

[@u.s.m.c.fewproudthemarines2987]

If they did it much later in morning Early afternoon they would be least 20,000 on that day. Show was gd

[@klk1900]

Btw the issues I have with John. If he’s working in CT then he probably needs to hold a security clearance. The fact he’s committing infidelity, drinking, bad finances you cant be doing, it reflects poor judgment. Which will make people question everything!. If you can’t be loyal to your wife, then I know for a fact you won’t be loyal to me. Johns girl friend said she didnt know he was married for 3yrs which means he wasn’t loyal to the girl friend either. -- without passing judgment the fact is that behavior is not accepted today. It really wasn’t acceptable in the 90s. --+ so John created alot of problems that were avoidable.

[@JimmieSmith-j7h]

Get help

[@vlaerenko]

Great interviews, but there's one annoying thing, and that's the many adds, it's really too much to enjoy the podcast.

[@FBICaseReview]

Oops! I’ll fix that. There should only be an ad at the beginning and at the very end.