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This is the untold, top-secret story of the US intelligence community's relentless pursuit of the terrorists behind the 2000 USS Cole attack. When a suicide bombing ripped a massive hole in the American warship in a Yemeni harbor, killing 17 sailors, the FBI and CIA immediately identified Al-Qaeda. A task force of elite investigators, including special agents and Arabic-speaking analysts, were deployed to the volatile region to find the local cell. Their mission stalled after threats on their lives and the tragic loss of their charismatic leader, John O'Neal, on September 11, 2001, at the World Trade Center. The post-9/11 world brought a sea change in cooperation, allowing the CIA to use cutting-edge surveillance to hunt down the true mastermind, Abu Ali al-Harati, leading to the first-ever lethal drone strike outside a declared battlefield. Make sure you subscribe to get your regular crime fix: youtube.com/c/RealCrime Real Crime On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0JLjqhHBRN8qMTGKikm97B?si=Fnshg5sfSxmljxiW7wJrZg Any queries, please contact us at: owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com #truecrime #realcrime #crime
