213: Tom O'Connor – Domestic Terrorism, Racially Motivated and Antigovernment Extremists
FBI Case File Review
Jerri Williams
4.7 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2020
⏱️ 97 minutes
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Summary
Retired agent Tom O'Connor reviews investigations involving criminal activity and violence conducted by racially motivated and antigovernment violent extremists, to include neo-Nazi and other hate-based groups, as well as lone actors. He served as the WFO program coordinator for these matters. Tom has provided instruction on Domestic and International Terrorism issues across the United States and overseas. An FBI "Master Police Instructor" and a certified Adjunct Faculty member for the FBI Academy, the Department of Justice awarded him their "Instructor of the Year" award in 2004.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 213 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the FBI does |
| 0:19.0 | through my books, my blog, and my podcast case reviews with former colleagues. |
| 0:25.0 | Today we get to speak to retired agent Tom O'Connor |
| 0:30.0 | who served in the FBI for 22 years. |
| 0:33.4 | Assigned to the Washington Field Office, WFO, on the Joint Terrorism Task Force, |
| 0:40.0 | he worked both international and domestic terrorism cases during his Bureau career. |
| 0:46.0 | In this episode, Tom O'Connor reviews investigations involving criminal activity and violence conducted by racially motivated |
| 0:57.0 | an anti-government violent extremists to include neo-Nazi and other hate-based groups as well as lone actors. |
| 1:07.0 | Tom served as WFO's program coordinator for these matters. |
| 1:12.0 | Tom was the case agent for both the Pentagon. program coordinator for these matters. |
| 1:12.5 | Tom was the case agent for both the Pentagon Loan Offender Shooting |
| 1:16.8 | and the Family Research Council Loan Offender Shooting. |
| 1:20.8 | He was also a team leader on the evidence response team, E.R.T. In this capacity, he has led forensic |
| 1:28.4 | teams to multiple terrorist attacks around the globe. He also process evidence at both the Pittsburgh Tree of Life |
| 1:37.0 | Synagogue shooting and the Virginia Beach government building on domestic and international terrorism issues across the United States and overseas. |
| 1:56.0 | As an FBI master police instructor and a certified adjunct faculty member for the FBI Academy. |
| 2:04.0 | The Department of Justice awarded him their instructor of the year award in 2004. |
| 2:10.3 | Currently, Tom is a principal consultant for F-square consulting. |
| 2:16.0 | He can be reached by email at T.F. O'Connor 83 at gmail.com are on LinkedIn. This is an extremely timely FBI retired case |
| 2:28.1 | file review episode. The threats to the United States and democracy are real. |
| 2:33.6 | During our conversation, Tom said, |
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