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193: Part 1, Colton Seale - FBI agent specializing in counter-terrorism

Game of Crimes

Game of Crimes

True Crime

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Murph sits down with retired FBI Special Agent Colton Seale, a true American patriot and hero. Colton shares his unique journey into law enforcement, from his early days to facing the raw realities of crime in Alaska — including human trafficking, indigenous issues, and survival in extreme conditions.

Hear exclusive stories about Colton’s time living in a castle in Spain, his rodeo adventures, and his work on the elite FBI Fly Team specializing in counterterrorism. This gripping conversation dives deep into the Osama bin Laden raid, advanced interrogation techniques, and how relationship-building is critical in modern law enforcement operations.

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0:00.0

I knew we were interviewing him about a compound and what information he could provide on the compound, but I wasn't read into the bin Laden thing yet.

0:07.9

We've got to fly up to his lot about or optabad, so fly there from Islamabad in a Pakistani military helicopter, then get an armored vehicle and drive down to the compound through the crowds and then get into the

0:21.2

compound.

0:22.0

And so he's basically made himself a prisoner.

0:24.7

And in his bedroom wall, he had taken a screwdriver and it was made out of stucco.

0:30.6

And he drilled a hole in the wall.

0:33.7

And you could tell it's like somebody had been just doing circles with a screwdriver because

0:36.8

it was wider on one side than the other.

0:38.5

That was his entire view of the world at that point was through this hole in his bedroom wall, which was just fascinating to see and to look out and say, wow, okay, that's that was his world at this point.

0:50.1

Doesn't make you want to be a terrorist, does it?

0:52.1

No, I was pretty sure that it would not be my life's choice.

0:56.2

If I wasn't clear before, then I definitely was.

1:17.0

Hey, everybody. Welcome back to the next episode of Game of Crimes with Murph in the morning.

1:20.5

I need to come up with a different opening, I guess, because that's what I say every week.

1:27.2

But I tell you what, you folks know I bring on some of the most interesting guests that you're ever going to find.

1:32.0

A lot of current former law enforcement, a lot of former military, other first responders,

1:34.0

and occasionally I'll bring in a former bad guy.

1:40.5

But it's just so you can get a 360 degree view of everything that goes on in law enforcement and the world of first responders.

1:42.5

So today is no exception.

1:45.8

I've got a veteran FBI special agent who did things a little differently in his career, enough so that I thought it's

1:50.9

going to be a fantastic episode. Ladies and gentlemen, it's my pleasure to welcome today's guest,

1:55.9

Colton Seale, Colton, welcome to the show, brother. Awesome. Thank you very much for having me here.

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