Episode 110: Oliver "Buck" Revell - Operation Goldenrod, A G-Man's Journal

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

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

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🗓️ 5 April 2018

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Retired agent Oliver “Buck” Revell reviews Operation Goldenrod and the capture of Fawaz Younis, the first overseas apprehension of an international terrorist. He also provides frank and transparent insight about the public perception of the FBI today. Operation Goldenrod was the first time the FBI used the new extra-territorial jurisdiction approved by Congress. This legislation provided the FBI with authority to investigate terrorist acts in which Americans were taken hostage, no matter where the acts occurred. Buck Revell is the author of A G-Man's Journal: A Legendary Career Inside the FBI- From The Kennedy Assassination to the Oklahoma City Bombing. During his Bureau career, Buck assumed many leadership roles, culminating with his promotion to Associate Deputy Director in Charge of Investigations.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 110 of FBI Retired Case Fall Review with Jerry Williams.
0:10.0	I'm a retired agent writing crime fiction inspired by true crime FBI cases.
0:16.0	Today we get to speak to retired agent Oliver Buck Ravell,
0:21.0	who served in the FBI for 30 years. During his Bureau career he
0:26.8	assumed numerous leadership roles culminating with his promotion to Associate Deputy Director.
0:35.0	In this episode, Buck Ravel reviews Operation Goldenrod
0:40.0	and the capture of Fazwa Yunus, the first overseas apprehension of an international terrorist.
0:49.6	He also provides frank and transparent insight into the public perception of the FBI today.
0:57.0	Operation Goldenrod was the first time the new extraterritorial jurisdiction approved by Congress was used.
1:06.1	This legislation provided the FBI with the authority to investigate terrorist acts
1:11.8	in which Americans were taken hostage no matter where the acts occurred.
1:16.8	Buck Ravell is the author of A G Man's Journey, a legendary career inside the FBI from the Kennedy assassination to the
1:26.4	Oklahoma City bombing. Currently he is the founder and president of a global
1:31.7	business and security consulting firm based in Dallas, Texas.
1:36.6	He can find out more about the firm's services at the Rivel Group International website.
1:44.0	It was absolutely an honor to speak with Associate Deputy Director Buck Ravell.
1:50.5	In this interview, he speaks openly. During this interview he speaks openly during this interview he speaks openly about the
1:57.1	FBI's brilliance and the FBI's flaws but before we get to the interview I just have a few things that I want to
2:05.6	remind you about the first one is that I did have an opportunity to meet and
2:12.0	to hear directly from new FBI director Christopher Ray and I have
2:19.5	written a post about the inspiring message that he gave to current agents in the
2:26.8	Philadelphia division and the handful of retired agents including myself
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