086: Kevin Miles - Master Bomb Technician, Khobar Towers Attack

FBI Case File Review

Jerri Williams

True Crime, Government

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2017

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Retired agent Kevin Miles served as the FBI's first officially assigned full-time Special Agent bomb technician (SABT). He spent more than 17 years acquiring extensive experience in the field of improvised explosive devices and post-blast investigations. In this episode, he reviews the duties of a post blast bomb technician processing and investigating explosive crime scenes, the bombing of Khobar Towers, Saudi Arabia in 1996, and the Maldives Al-Qaeda bombing in 2007. Kevin Miles is a past Executive Director of the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 86 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.
0:09.8	I'm a retired agent writing crime fiction inspired by true crime FBI cases.
0:16.5	Today we get to speak to retired agent Kevin Miles who served in the FBI for 23 years.
0:25.0	As the FBI's first officially assigned full-time Special Agent Bomb
0:30.7	technician, SABT, he spent more than 17 years acquiring extensive experience in the
0:38.7	field of improvised explosive devices and post-blast investigations. In this episode, Kevin Miles
0:47.2	reviews the duties of a post-blast bomb technician processing and
0:52.4	investigating explosive crime scenes, such as the bombing of the
0:57.5	COBAR Towers in Saudi Arabia in 1996 and the Maldives al-D's al-Qaeda bombing in 2007.
1:05.0	Kevin Miles is a past executive director of the International Association of Bomb
1:11.7	Technicians and Investigators.
1:14.0	He has traveled to 65 countries in 48 states,
1:18.0	including multiple deployments to high-risk areas
1:22.0	such as Afghanistan and Pakistan and has taught more
1:26.7	than 9,000 students from around the world on the intricacies involved with bombing investigations.
1:35.0	In 2010, he was named as an FBI master special agent bomb technician, and he has published numerous articles and research papers
1:46.0	on explosive devices and post-blast investigations.
1:50.4	He has also received numerous awards for his service to the first responder community. at Eastern Kentucky University's School of Safety, Security, and Emergency Management.
2:07.2	I love learning new things, and there's so much about explosives and bombings that I just didn't know and Kevin really does a great job of telling us all about post-blast investigations.
2:21.0	I think you're really going to enjoy this episode.
2:25.0	Before we get to the interview, I have an important announcement that I will not be posting an episode next week.
2:32.0	So when you wake up Friday morning, October the 6th, there will not be a new episode.
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