112: Ray Holcomb – Inside FBI Counterterrorism Post 9/11 (Part 2)

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

True Crime, Interviews, Fiction, History, Fbi, Government, Truecrime

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🗓️ 19 April 2018

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

In part 2 of this two-part episode, retired agent Raymond Holcomb reviews his FBI Counterterrorism post 9/11 responsibilities as the Section Chief of the FBI’s Operational Response Section which managed the FBI Fly Away/Rapid Deployment Team, the FBI’s Military Liaison/Detainee Unit and the National Joint Terrorism Task Force (NJTTF). The National JTTF Unit oversaw the operations and budget of nearly 60 state-based terrorism task forces. The Military Liaison/Detainee Unit oversaw agents detailed worldwide to Unified Combatant Commands and the FBI’s role in the interrogation of prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.

Ray Holcomb is the author of Endless Enemies: Inside FBI Counterterrorism, in which he writes about leading the FBI’s elite cadre of counterterrorism agents who were at the helm of every major post-9/11 investigation.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 112 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.
0:10.0	I'm a retired agent writing crime fiction inspired by true crime
0:14.5	FBI cases. Today we get to speak once again to Ray Holcomb
0:20.4	who served in the FBI for nearly 22 years.
0:24.0	His Bureau assignments involved espionage, counter-narcotics,
0:29.0	national security, and special weapons and tactics and took him across America, the Middle East, Afghanistan and Africa.
0:38.0	In this episode, which is part two of my conversation with him, Ray Holcomb discusses his post-911 FBI
0:48.2	counter-terrorism responsibilities as the section chief of the FBI's Operational Response Section, which managed the FBI
0:58.0	Flyaway Rapid Deployment Team, the FBI's Military liaison detainee unit, and the National Joint Terrorism Task Force, JTTF.
1:09.8	The National JTTF unit oversaw the operations and budget of nearly 60 state-based
1:18.4	Terrorism Task Forces. The military liaison detainee unit oversaw agents detailed worldwide to unified combatant commands and the FBI's role in the interrogation of prisoners at the Guotonou Bay Detention Facility.
1:37.0	After retiring from the FBI, he worked for eight years as a strategic planner with the National Counterterrorism Center,
1:45.6	NCTC, and for four years as a State of Delaware Homeland Security Advisor.
1:52.4	He currently serves as a consultant to the federal
1:55.3	government on terrorism and other national security related matters. Ray Holcomb is the
2:01.6	author of endless enemies inside FBI counterterrorism in which he writes
2:08.1	about leading the FBI's elite cadre of counterterrorism agents who were at the helm of every major post-911 investigation.
2:20.0	I want to thank everyone who let me know on social media or emailed me about how much they enjoyed part one.
2:27.0	I think you're going to really enjoy part two of my conversation with Ray, especially when he shares his opinion as to why Director
2:36.5	Mueller was the right person to lead the FBI after 9-11. But before we get to the interview...
2:43.8	I want to invite you to join my reader team where once a month I email a digest of the previous
2:51.4	month's podcast episodes. my crime fiction recommendations and I keep you up to date on the FBI and books TV and movies my April email features a post on the opportunity I had to meet FBI Director Christopher
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