The FBI Arrested My Father After 9/11 – I Became an Intelligence Agent to Clear My Family's Name | Khalid Abdulqaadir

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🗓️ 19 May 2025

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Khalid Abdulqaadir was just a kid when the FBI stormed his home and arrested his father in the wake of 9/11. Branded as a national security threat, his family’s life was turned upside down. Determined to prove his father’s innocence, Khalid took an unbelievable path—becoming an intelligence agent himself. This is the mind-blowing story of government surveillance, a wrongful arrest, and the fight for justice from the inside. #FBIArrest #9/11Aftermath #TrueStory #GovernmentSecrets #SurvivorStory #SystemicInjustice #PoliticalScandal #civilrights Thank you to LUCY & SHADY RAYS for sponsoring today’s episode: Lucy: Let’s level up your nicotine routine with Lucy. Go to HTTP://LUCY.CO/IANBICK and use promo code (IANBICK) to get 20% off your first order. Lucy has a 30-day refund policy if you change your mind. Shady Rays: Get 35% off polarized glasses at shadyrays.com - code LOCKEDIN Connect with Khalid Abdulqaadir: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/khalid_abdulqaadir/profilecard/?igsh=MW1lbDM2d3dwcDgzbA== Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ Presented by Tyson 2.0 & Wooooo Energy: https://tyson20.com/ https://woooooenergy.com/ Buy Merch: https://convictclothing.net/collections/convict-clothing-x-ian-bick Timestamps: 00:00:00 Introduction and Background of the Guest 00:06:00 Struggles of Balancing Faith and Crime 00:12:11 Journey from St. Louis to Kansas City: A Family Reflection 00:19:09 Growing Up with an Unknown Famous Father 00:24:53 Witnessing the 9/11 Attacks on TV 00:31:01 Encounter with the FBI: A Personal Experience 00:37:51 Post-9/11 FBI Interactions 00:43:52 Traumatic Raid Experience 00:50:41 Undercover Pressure: Wearing a Wire 00:56:39 Joining the Military Under Suspicion 01:03:13 Military Racial Profiling and Detainment 01:09:37 Encounter with Military Authority and Double Agent Concerns 01:15:17 Intense Polygraph Experience and Legal Concerns 01:22:26 Impact of the Patriot Act on Civil Rights 01:28:13 Fighting Allegations and Seeking Clearance 01:34:38 Transition from Intelligence Career to Filmmaking Powered by: Just Media House : https://www.justmediahouse.com/ Creative direction, design, assets, support by FWRD: https://www.fwrd.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:03.8	18 plus opt in and bet on any football marketing at odds of evens or great to know, cash out seven-day expiry terms and conditions apply. Gamblerware.com. Khalid, welcome to Lockton, man. So great to have you here. Another interesting guest, different background. We love to see it. I'm happy to be here, man.
0:38.0	Thank you.
0:38.6	I appreciate the invite.
0:39.8	Of course.
0:40.2	How did you find the podcast?
0:42.6	You know, I saw something you did a while ago, man.
0:48.5	And I can't remember exactly when it was, but I figured you were going to ask a question.
0:56.9	But I think I saw the podcast you did with Danny Collins. Oh, that was the one you saw.
1:01.9	Yeah. I think that was one of the earlier ones I seen because I follow him. Shout out to Danny Collins.
1:05.9	Yeah, he's great. Yeah, he's a good. He has a different interesting perspective.
1:09.8	Yes, he does. Yes, he does. I saw that, and then that's when I kind of did some research on what you were doing. I thought it was interesting, man. Well, I appreciate you reaching out, man. That's what it's all about. Yeah. So where are you from? Where did you grow up? So I'm from Wichita, Kansas. That's where I was born at. But I spent most of my childhood in St. Louis, Missouri. Okay. What was that like growing up? Was that like a small town vibe? Well, you know, Wichita is a small town. I don't know, man. Wichita, Kansas, it's cattle country, man. It's, uh, you know, it is what it is.
1:47.3	It's like, you're on flat ground and then suddenly you're in a small town somewhere.
1:51.7	Uh, but Wichita is one of the biggest cities in Kansas population-wise, and maybe area-wise, I
1:57.1	believe. But I left Wichita when I was pretty young, like two or three years old,
2:02.7	and then moved to St. Louis. Who did you grow up with? Who were you raised by?
2:06.6	My dad. Just your dad? Yeah. Yeah. So my mother, she contract, well, she was diagnosed with
2:15.4	cancer. I think maybe when I was maybe one or two years
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