120: Alfred Finch – Pakistani C-130 Crash, Accident or Terrorism?

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

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

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Retired agent Alfred Finch reviews his investigation of a 1988 plane crash that took the lives of Pakistani President Zia, a U.S. Ambassador, and 28 others. Al Finch found himself involved in international intrigue and misinformation when possible evidence that the Pakistani C-130 crash was an accident was suppressed, and the unproven theory that the cause was a terrorist event was put forward instead. Al Finch finished his career as the Legal Attaché to Cairo and later as a Deputy Chief with the U.S. National Central Bureau of Interpol.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 120 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.
0:11.6	I'm a retired agent writing crime fiction inspired by
0:14.6	true crime FBI cases. Today we get to speak to a retired agent
0:20.5	Alford Finch who served in the FBI for 22 years. During his career, he was assigned
0:27.7	to a variety of investigative and executive positions, handling public corruption, kidnapping, extortion, bank robbery, and terrorism cases.
0:39.0	In this episode, Al Finch reviews his investigation of a 1988 plane crash that took the lives of
0:49.0	Pakistani President Zia, a U.S. Ambassador, and 28 others.
0:55.0	Al Fint found himself involved in international intrigue and misinformation
1:01.0	when possible evidence that the Pakistani C-130 crash was an accident
1:08.6	was suppressed and the unproven theory that the cause was a terrorist event was put forward instead.
1:17.0	Al Finch finished his career in the FBI as the legal attache to Cairo and later as Deputy Chief with the US National Central
1:27.8	Bureau of Interpol. Upon retiring from the FBI, he became a contract employee, assigned to the National Counterterrorism Center.
1:37.5	He later served as Director of Security for the Middle East Broadcasting Network in Springfield, Virginia, where he set up security
1:46.6	apparatus for all radio and television employees and the physical plants that housed them.
1:52.8	He is currently a contract employee
1:55.2	with the Voice of America.
1:57.5	This is a really interesting case review
2:02.0	because it shows that not all FBI. interesting case
2:05.0	because it shows that not all FBI cases are resolved.
2:07.0	This case, as a matter of fact, is still pending inactive.
2:11.0	But before we get to the interview I just have to tell you that
2:15.6	the month of June will be a month of anxiety and anticipation for me. At the end of the month not only will I become a
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