260: John Anticev – 1993 World Trade Center Bombing

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

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

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🗓️ 19 May 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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In part one of this two-part episode of FBI Retired Case File Review, retired agent John Anticev reviews his investigation into the 1990 murder of Rabbi Meir Kahane and his operation of an FBI confidential source who infiltrated an operational cell of Egyptian Islamic radicals. The cell’s spiritual leader was Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, also known as the Blind Sheik. Members of this group, including Ramzi Yousef, were later found to be responsible for the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. John also talks about the stress and frustration he endured during the 6-year FBI internal investigation into his handling of the confidential source, who, unknown to John, had recorded many of their conversations.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 260 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.
0:13.6	I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the FBI does through
0:21.0	my award-winning books, blog and podcast case reviews with former colleagues.
0:26.8	Today, we get to speak to retired agent John Anticev, who served in the FBI for 28 years.
0:36.0	In part one of this two-part episode, John takes us behind the scenes as he reviews his
0:43.0	investigation into the 1990 murder of Rabbi Kahan by El Sahid Nasar and into his operation
0:52.6	of an FBI confidential source who infiltrated an operational cell of Egyptian Islamic
1:00.5	radicals.
1:01.8	The cell's spiritual leader was Sheikh Amar Abdel Rahman, also known as the Blind Sheik.
1:10.7	Members of this group, including Ramzi Yosef, were later found to be responsible for the
1:17.5	1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.
1:21.8	John worked this case with his Joint Terrorism Task Force JTTF partner, New York Police
1:28.5	Department Detective Louis Napoli.
1:31.9	John speaks openly and transparently about the stress and the frustration he endured
1:39.1	during the six-year FBI internal investigation into his and others handling of the confidential
1:47.1	source who, unknown to John, had recorded many of their conversations.
1:53.8	After the 1993 World Trade Center attack, John engaged his source to penetrate a second
2:01.8	operational terrorist cell, preparing to attack the Lincoln and Holland tunnels, the United
2:08.3	Nations, 26 Federal Plaza, and other New York City landmarks.
2:14.7	This time, the case, known as Terror Stop, resulted in the prevention of major attacks and
2:22.5	identified links between the cell and a hostile intelligence service.
2:28.0	Fourteen participants in the plot were convicted of seditious conspiracy, including Sheikh
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