Episode 112: Ray Holcomb – Inside FBI Counterterrorism Post 9/11 (Part 2)

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Retired agent Ray Holcomb reviews his FBI Counterterrorism post 9/11 responsibilities as the Section Chief of the FBI’s Operational Response Section which managed the FBI Fly Away/Rapid Deployment Team, the FBI’s Military Liaison/Detainee Unit and the National Joint Terrorism Task Force (NJTTF).

This is part two of a two-part episode. See also, Episode 111: Ray Holcomb – The Looming Tower, John O’Neill, Yemen, and 9/11

Retired agent Raymond Holcomb served in the FBI for nearly 22 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.

The National JTTF Unit oversaw the operations and budget of nearly 60 state-based terrorism task forces. The Military Liaison/Detainee Unit oversaw agents detailed worldwide to Unified Combatant Commands and the FBI’s role in the interrogation of prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.

During his career as a counterterrorism investigator, Ray established extensive relationships with foreign police and intelligence services and, after retiring from the FBI, he worked for 8 years as a Strategic Planner with the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC); and for 4 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-related 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 at the helm of every major post-9/11 investigation.

Section Chief (Retired)

Raymond  Holcomb

4/15/1984 – 1/1/2006

The following are links to FBI website articles about the National Joint Terrorism Task Force and news articles about FBI Counterterrorism Post 9/11:

FBI Website – What We Investigate:  National Joint Terrorism Task Forces

FBI Website – Robert S. Mueller, III: Statement on the progress of the FBI’s transformation efforts – 9/14/2006

Harvard Business School – 4/27/2016: How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11

Newseum – 9/9/2016: Inside Today’s FBI: After 9/11