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The Glenn Beck Program

Ep 19 | Fred Burton | The Glenn Beck Podcast

The Glenn Beck Program

Mercury Radio Arts

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.625.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2019

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Glenn sits down with Fred Burton, one of the world's foremost authorities on security and terrorism. They talk about the details of 9/11 and Fred's experience working in counterterrorism, the Beirut Marine Barracks bombing, as well as his thoughts on the current direction of the administration.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Most people, I mean, look at millennials, they don't even remember 9-11.

0:21.2

For most people, that's where we started.

0:25.2

People a little older, maybe they'll say World Trade Center.

0:29.1

But it was in Beirut that this really put us on this path, right?

0:35.6

Without a doubt, Beirut was the center of gravity when I was a young special agent,

0:40.4

working the embassy bombings and the kidnappings and the hijackings.

0:45.1

All roads of terror just flowed through Beirut, originated out of Beirut.

0:51.0

And the principal enemy at that time was the Iranian-backed Hezbollah organization, which

0:56.7

is still very relevant to Daeglund.

0:59.8

And the guy who, explain who, what was his name?

1:06.1

What was his name?

1:07.1

He mad Magna.

1:08.1

Yeah, I think he was the, no, Imad.

1:10.9

Yeah.

1:11.9

Imad.

1:12.9

Who is he?

1:13.9

Yeah.

1:14.9

Magna was pretty much the center of gravity for the Hezbollah security apparatus.

1:20.7

He was liaison with the Iranian intelligence service.

1:24.4

He was the master terrorist.

1:26.6

Most people from our generation can recall Carlos the Jackal.

1:30.8

Yeah.

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