193: Peter Ahearn – Lackawanna Six, Buffalo JTTF

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

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

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🗓️ 5 February 2020

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Retired agent Peter Ahearn reviews the Lackawanna Six terrorism case and provides insight into the challenges of managing a major international terrorism investigation started just a few months before the terrorists attacks of September 11, 2001. The case was initiated after an anonymous letter was received claiming that several individuals residing in Lackawanna, New York, had attended training camps in Afghanistan operated by Osama Bin Laden.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 193 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams. I'm a retired agent on a mission to show the public who the FBI is and what the
0:19.6	FBI does through my books my blog blog, and my podcast case reviews with former colleagues.
0:27.0	Today we get to speak to Retired Agent Peter Ahern, who served in the FBI for 29 years. During his career
0:37.6	he served in a variety of positions of increasing responsibility. His last promotion before he retired was to
0:46.4	Special Agent in charge of the Buffalo Division. In this episode
0:51.5	Peter A Hearn reviews the Lackawanna Six Terrorism case and provides insight into the challenges of managing a major international terrorism investigation initiated just a few months
1:07.6	before the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001.
1:13.0	The Lackawanna 6th case was initiated after an anonymous letter was received,
1:20.0	claiming that several individuals, U.S. citizens, identified by name and residing in
1:27.3	Lackawanna, New York, an area near Buffalo, had attended training camps in Afghanistan operated by Osama bin Laden.
1:37.0	The investigation received intensive national attention.
1:41.0	During his tenure as the SAC in Buffalo,
1:45.0	the Field Office and Agents Assigned
1:48.0	received multiple FBI Directors Awards,
1:52.0	Attorney General Awards, and the Service to American Medal for their
1:56.6	work in the Lackawanna Six International Terrorism Case.
2:01.5	Currently, Peter A Hear operates Ahern Consulting Group in the Washington, D.C. area, providing
2:09.2	executive consulting and strategic business development for companies supporting federal,
2:14.9	state, local, and international law enforcement agencies and the
2:19.4	intelligence community.
2:21.5	I think you're going to really enjoy this episode.
2:25.0	It is actually a coincidence that I was able to interview Peter A Hearns just after I had interviewed Ken Williams about the Phoenix memo and
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