Hi everyone. It is episode 26 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.

I'm a retired agent writing crime fiction inspired by actual FBI cases.

In this interview, we talked to Sam Smeimo. Now Sam served a total of 26 years

working in federal law enforcement. The first 10 and a half years were with the United States

marshal service chasing down and hunting dangerous fugitives and the last 15 and

half years was with the FBI. Initially during his FBI career Sam was

working drug cases and he talks to us about a case in which he was able to

exonerate and get released from jail an innocent man who had been

wrongly accused of shooting a child during a drive-by shooting.

Identifying and bringing the real culprit to justice was a highlight of Sam's career working drug cases.

But after witnessing the devastation caused by the tragic events of 9-11, Sam was compelled to raise his hand and to volunteer to

transition from fighting the war on drugs to fighting the war on terror.

He tells us about working on an extraterritorial case

wherein the FBI and the American government desperately attempted to locate and

rescue a US citizen kidnapped in Saudi Arabia. Tragically the American businessman was executed

by an Al-Qaeda terrorist organization operating in the Arabian Peninsula.

Before we get to that interview, I just in the Arabian Peninsula.

Before we get to that interview,

I just want to give a shout out to the Drexel University students

that I met with earlier this week.

I was there talking to the communication class about

interviewing techniques and giving presentations. As you may recall in

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