Welcome to episode 111 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.

I'm a retired agent writing crime fiction inspired by true crime FBI cases.

Today we get to speak to retired agent Ray Holcomb who served in the FBI for nearly 23 years. His Bureau assignments

involved espionage, counter-narcotics, national security, and special weapons and tactics and took him across America, the Middle East,

Afghanistan and Africa. In this episode, Ray Holcomb discusses FBI Hero and legend John O'Neill and the work he did in Yemen with fellow agent Ali Sufon on the U.S.S. coal bombing and 9-11 investigations.

Both John O'Neill and Ali-Sefan are featured in the Hulu TV series The Looming Tower.

While assigned to the New York office, Ray Holcomb

was appointed commander of the 50-member FBI New York SWAT team.

Under his leadership, the team assumed an expanded role and in

addition to regular involvement in high-risk domestic arrest the team provided

overseas security and enhanced investigative capability for the

FBI teams deploying in response to terrorist attacks involving U.S. citizens.

Post 9-11, Ray Holcomb was selected by then Director

Mueller to stand up a new counterterrorism as an investigator, Ray established extensive relationships with foreign police and

intelligence services, and after retiring from the FBI, he worked for eight years as a strategic planner with the National Counterterrorism Center,

NCTC, and for four years as a State of Delaware Homeland Security advisor.

He currently serves as a consultant to the federal government on terrorism

and other national security matters.

Ray Holcomb is the author of endless enemies inside FBI counterterrorism

in which he writes about leading the FBI's elite cadre of counterterrorism agents who were at the helm of every major post-9-11 investigation.

I really enjoyed speaking with Ray.

I did not have the pleasure or honor of meeting John O'Neill and in watching the

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