Khost Bombing The Most Lethal Attack Against the CIA and Triple Agent al-Balawi

In December 2009, a group of the CIA’s top terrorist hunters gathered at a secret base in Afghanistan to greet a rising superspy: Humam Khalil al-Balawi, a Jordanian who had infiltrated the upper ranks of al-Qaeda. For months, he had sent shocking revelations from inside the terrorist network and now promised to help the CIA assassinate Osama bin Laden’s top deputy. Instead, as he stepped from his car, al-Balawi detonated a thirty-pound bomb, instantly killing seven CIA operatives and giving the agency its worst loss of life in decades.
This script above is taken from the book; The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda Mole who Infiltrated the CIA by: Joby Warrick
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  • @ShawnRyanClips
    @ShawnRyanClips Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching everyone. You can watch the full episode with Bob “Ninja” Poras here kzread.info/dash/bejne/Yqx5s8uClbXIhc4.html Additionally if you want to support the Shawn Ryan Show you can join the community. www.patreon.com/VigilanceElite

  • @candidequixote6026

    @candidequixote6026

    Жыл бұрын

    wonder if he was connected to Ali Mohammed the triple agent that was in the U.S. military. Had been in the Egyptian military and was apart of the unit that assassinated Anwar Sadat, and had access to FT. Bragg and the JFK Special Warefare School. During that entire time was the Security Chief for Bin Laden.

  • @alwaysready4017

    @alwaysready4017

    Жыл бұрын

    Bro you are quickly becoming the best in the biZ..

  • @paulzoom489

    @paulzoom489

    Жыл бұрын

    I worked with Scott (southside) when he was a BW contractor he was a very good and solid guy and he will be missed. I knew he was there but I didn't know he went to work full time as GRS so it was news to me, good interview. I had heard what happened while working and everyone knew what really got those guys killed and simply put it was ambition. The female in charge totally screwed those guys by tying their hands and not letting them do their jobs especially when so many red flags were popping up, for example there is no reason Americans can't search the car, it's Afghanistan cars get searched everywhere asking for this alone should have been a huge red flag. What I really don't understand is why they didn't have a dog at least sniff the outside of the vehicle, the agency dogs are awesome and it would have easily detected that much explosives. Every site I have been to had explosive detection dogs maybe they didn't there but somebody on base probably did. This is a clear cut example of why you make SOP's and then follow them every time no matter what, hopefully it was lesson learned, but knowing the agency i really doubt it.

  • @johnpeck2316

    @johnpeck2316

    Жыл бұрын

    Be interesting to hear from RADM Calland.

  • @calebperkins4905

    @calebperkins4905

    Жыл бұрын

    Keb46

  • @lehman7452
    @lehman7452 Жыл бұрын

    Jeremy Wise and his brothers Beau and Ben all served in the military (Jeremy was a SEAL, Ben was a Green Beret, and Beau was a Marine). Jeremy was one of the contractors who was killed in the Camp Chapman bombing, and Ben was killed after being shot in Afghanistan in 2012. Both deaths caused Beau, the youngest brother, to be pulled from combat as he was the last surviving brother getting the title of Sole Survivor. Just a bit of backstory for just one of the people who was killed in this bombing.

  • @rogerfederer1233

    @rogerfederer1233

    Жыл бұрын

    Siblings michael, tito janet.... Were all singers and performers. Unfortunately hollywood has no sole survivor rule and all of the family was completely destroyed.

  • @tje5553
    @tje5553 Жыл бұрын

    The inability to finish a sentence or form a complete thought when trying to recall events like this is a symptom of the trauma if the event. You can see it in a lot of veterans, unfortunately. People should be more respectful. Just because someone isn't crying and falling apart outwardly doesn't mean they aren't hurting.

  • @lioncvet21

    @lioncvet21

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly.

  • @Channel-23s

    @Channel-23s

    Жыл бұрын

    True very true recalling situations aren’t gonna be quick and clear because life is intense and wild

  • @JS-oy6nn

    @JS-oy6nn

    Жыл бұрын

    Amen.

  • @erico5865

    @erico5865

    Жыл бұрын

    Or an indication of falsehood.

  • @frjcde9392

    @frjcde9392

    Жыл бұрын

    Are people expecting a hardened killer to cry on camera?

  • @johnkowlok3231
    @johnkowlok3231 Жыл бұрын

    I was there that day as the dustoff medic from FOB Salerno. It was an fn mess of body parts. The CIA Mi-17 took almost all of the survivors back to the CSH and had a massive impact in saving their lives. I took one casualty back to the CSH. He had pieces of other people’s bodies stuck in him but was not critical. The doctors, nurses and med techs at ☘CSH did an amazing job of saving the ppl who could be saved. It was totally jacked.

  • @matthewmaynard5460

    @matthewmaynard5460

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your service bro. Unimaginable for a civilian like me

  • @rahulsudhir666

    @rahulsudhir666

    Жыл бұрын

    Fook! I hope you're doin good n that the sight didn't do too much of damage to you.

  • @MrMcdanjammsc

    @MrMcdanjammsc

    Жыл бұрын

    I was the PAD Officer at CJTH, Bagram. It was a rough day.

  • @johnkowlok3231

    @johnkowlok3231

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rahulsudhir666 Honestly, I can’t remember what I saw at Chapman, Rahul. I remember landing about 50m east of the X, getting off the helicopter, a black space of time, and then walking my casualty back to our UH-60.

  • @Soulreaper8181

    @Soulreaper8181

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your service

  • @themog4911
    @themog4911 Жыл бұрын

    The Khost incident sounds like somebody let ambition get in the way of common sense.

  • @Krash_fpv

    @Krash_fpv

    Жыл бұрын

    They wanted bin laden that bad that protocol was overlooked even tho the guys on the ground wanted to follow procedures...they were ordered not to

  • @_nick_d

    @_nick_d

    Жыл бұрын

    It was HQ & boots on the ground both made bad decisions

  • @NotOnDrugs
    @NotOnDrugs Жыл бұрын

    Imagine that, you're standing there waiting to get blown up. Your enemy is willing to kill themselves, and everything around them. That's some crazy shit.

  • @sandraa.lelacheur3001
    @sandraa.lelacheur3001 Жыл бұрын

    This was a heartbreaking ( true ~ firsthand ) story. Gentlemen I much appreciate you sharing with us. Thank you, Sandy

  • @MillionDollarMullettt
    @MillionDollarMullettt Жыл бұрын

    I couldn’t imagine the things this man has seen. Such a horrific and incredible story. Nothing but respect and admiration for the men like him that put themselves in harms way for a greater cause. Respect, sir.

  • @dominicdangelo4801

    @dominicdangelo4801

    Жыл бұрын

    Idk man. I'd like to hear him off camera Too much b.s. went on and anyone close to the upper levels had to approve things or thru negligence walked into traps set up by our own govt slot of the time.

  • @frjcde9392

    @frjcde9392

    Жыл бұрын

    What greater cause? U.S has harmed more countries and people than it has helped. I have upmost respect for these guys, but let’s not pretend the U.S is some sort of champion of freedom, especially nowadays.

  • @Tread505

    @Tread505

    Жыл бұрын

    @@frjcde9392 and what have you done to help the world?

  • @thomistica_

    @thomistica_

    Жыл бұрын

    @@frjcde9392 you ever wonder why they do it ? MAYBE BECAUSE THE OTHER COUNTRIES ALSO TRY TO RUIN US 😱😱😱😱😱dumbass

  • @grunt9131

    @grunt9131

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@frjcde9392I wonder what presidents in recent times have never started any new Wars

  • @1johnmthompson
    @1johnmthompson Жыл бұрын

    Clients always hate and bristle at security and never want to admit that they don't understand security or need it.

  • @JMSG77
    @JMSG77 Жыл бұрын

    This guy has great insight, good lessons for everyone to learn regarding how to deal with management who does not take risk seriously and follow proper protocols to keep everyone as safe as they could possibly be. This also applies in a lot of situations, any place where protocols are needed to keep people safe.

  • @paulzoom489
    @paulzoom489 Жыл бұрын

    I worked with Scott (southside) when he was a BW contractor he was a very good and solid guy and he will be missed. I knew he was there but I didn't know he went to work full time as GRS so it was news to me, good interview. I had heard what happened while working and everyone knew what really got those guys killed and simply put it was ambition. The female in charge totally screwed those guys by tying their hands and not letting them do their jobs especially when so many red flags were popping up, for example there is no reason Americans can't search the car, it's Afghanistan cars get searched everywhere asking for this alone should have been a huge red flag. What I really don't understand is why they didn't have a dog at least sniff the outside of the vehicle, the agency dogs are awesome and it would have easily detected that much explosives. Every site I have been to had explosive detection dogs maybe they didn't there but somebody on base probably did. This is a clear cut example of why you make SOP's and then follow them every time no matter what, hopefully it was lesson learned, but knowing the agency i really doubt it.

  • @sheepdogsamurai2354

    @sheepdogsamurai2354

    Жыл бұрын

    I worked with him at APD. Scott was a good cop and a great man.

  • @factitarian

    @factitarian

    Жыл бұрын

    "Female". Of course she fucked up

  • @ddvette

    @ddvette

    Жыл бұрын

    Affirmative action .Happens everywhere.

  • @_nick_d

    @_nick_d

    Жыл бұрын

    Jenn Matthews, she gets a lot of heat for this. She worked on ALEC station 20 yrs before this happened

  • @Rumrunner93

    @Rumrunner93

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@_nick_d as she and any other leadershop issues! When it comes to life and death especially wartime then to hell with their diversity and affirmative action political bullshit, you need the best of the best and people who don't care to "offend" anyone when it comes to saving lives! Common sense ain't so fucking common. Bunch of bullshit, lost to a bunch of religious extremists?!? Fuck, and people laugh at Russia but neither them nor the US can politically win a damn thing! This war could've been "won" years ago. Same as Vietnam, it's the ridiculous ease at which politicians can start and pull out of wars that enrage warriors! What we really need is a fucking purge, they need real consequences for their fucked up thinking! If they think they can spit on warriors that they idolize, pose as, but secretly hate cuz they can't hack it and then pull shit like this they should be lined up on a fucking wall and made clear cut examples! You think those terrorists or hell even commandos will just take it? You really think they won't be led by their anger and hatred and now betrayal and come over here to attack us? Of course the fuckers responsible for this will never be attacked cuz they have the privilege of tax payer money funding the hired guns to protect them yet it'll be the godl star families and other innocent people who will once again have to deal with the newly equipped al queda and whatever else isis like bullshit that spontaneously gains momentum to show up and hurt people!

  • @ernestoguzman7195
    @ernestoguzman7195 Жыл бұрын

    Shawn, great interview. Thanks!

  • @BURNemD0WN1131
    @BURNemD0WN1131 Жыл бұрын

    1st Group bookend Afghanistan with unit blood in or near Khost. SFC Nate Chapman (1-1 S.O./3rd Bn C/E) died early 2002 and MSG (ret.) Dane Parisi (3rd Group/ 1st Group Ops Det) was a Agency contractor that died during blast in Khost. Surprisingly the Movie "Zero Dark 30" casted a similar in appearance actor that portrayed Dane as the Security contractor that was attempting to safe guard compound by forcing vehicle to be checked properly at a standoff vehicle search area. R.I.P. bros. NOUS DEFIONS

  • @Brandon-tk2rw
    @Brandon-tk2rw Жыл бұрын

    just read Joby's other Pulitzer winning book "black flags: the rise of ISIS." holy crap that's an amazing read. been recommending it to everyone.

  • @ziontziont3106
    @ziontziont31069 ай бұрын

    Imagine the gate guards reaction.. just let the vehicle pass thru n not even 5 mins later, a huge explosion…god damn

  • @user-jl7wn5nn7p

    @user-jl7wn5nn7p

    3 ай бұрын

    Bad. Bad

  • @teamperry757
    @teamperry757 Жыл бұрын

    This was one of the best episodes. Shawn I want to hear you sit down and talk about Yemen and Columbia lol. I bet there is some good stuff in those trips.

  • @ryanmac8283
    @ryanmac8283 Жыл бұрын

    Love your channel Shaun.

  • @TaylorABell
    @TaylorABell Жыл бұрын

    I love Mr. Poras. A real man, leader and one of America's best.

  • @thatkushand0j
    @thatkushand0j Жыл бұрын

    balawi made a suicide video on his way to the meet, its chilling. "look, cia team, its not watch..its detonator, to kill as much as I can inshallah". while he pulls back his shirt and shows the trigger

  • @iraawtf
    @iraawtf Жыл бұрын

    I’m sure they are being as truthful as they can but Shawn looks like he wants to say everything he knows 😂😂😂

  • @joblakelisbon

    @joblakelisbon

    Жыл бұрын

    This clip is a perfect illustration of why women shouldn't be in combat, let alone making decisions that endanger the lives of men. They simply are not capable. Just look at the decisions they make in their own lives.

  • @iraawtf

    @iraawtf

    Жыл бұрын

    @@joblakelisbon the woman who gathered the overwhelming evidence of where bin Ladin was is a hero. The medics, the drivers, the 14 series, the women that are in FA. This is super touchy subject because I do agree that MOST women wouldn’t be cut for combat but you can also say the same for men. I hope that makes sense and doesn’t take away from the point you made. Just thought I’d say that. Have a good day 🫡

  • @INdifrnve
    @INdifrnve Жыл бұрын

    A perfect example of management not listening or respecting the guys on the front lines. “Management knows better. That’s why they are management. “ famous last words before a disaster.

  • @oldstudbuck3583
    @oldstudbuck3583 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent as usual

  • @michaelachilleslivingston2770
    @michaelachilleslivingston2770 Жыл бұрын

    RIP Jennifer Matthews. , Alec station.....!

  • @shanemartin2491
    @shanemartin2491 Жыл бұрын

    This is going to resurface for this man later. Its very much unresolved in his mind.

  • @handlebarslim78
    @handlebarslim78 Жыл бұрын

    Phenomenal show! I appreciate you two men and have nothing but respect for you.

  • @matt12347174

    @matt12347174

    Жыл бұрын

    I was in Kabul in January 2002. My unit (Lima 3/8) established the American Embassy. I had to search about a hundred Afghan workers every morning and did a bunch of meet and greets with the local tribal leaders. I was always worried about Suicide bombers. This is a sad story, sorry to hear about your guys. May they rest in peace.

  • @handlebarslim78

    @handlebarslim78

    Жыл бұрын

    @@matt12347174 welcome home brother. May your troops Rest in Peace and their names never forgotten. Thank you for your comment.

  • @spiralout3942
    @spiralout3942 Жыл бұрын

    Leaders like this guy change your entire outlook on a certain unit, job or career in general. You remember people like him in leadership roles your entire life and you learn a lot from them. Some people are just born different and are destined for roles like that and they excel at them. He’s a great example of that in my opinion.

  • @Ep0nz
    @Ep0nz Жыл бұрын

    It’s an unfortunate story of certain people getting tunnel vision (which I can understand when you base your entire work career on finding OBL and this is your best lead), but it unfortunately caused a lot of protocols to be swept to the side. Those said protocols could have saved some lives that day…just a sad situation all around.

  • @mosquitoinmagicjohnsonshouse
    @mosquitoinmagicjohnsonshouse Жыл бұрын

    Pulled perimeter security at camp chapman in 03’ as a cherry 11B. Did two mounted/dismounted patrols with a team. Remains the greatest moments of my life 😅😅

  • @Last_Chance.

    @Last_Chance.

    Жыл бұрын

    I went through there in 03.

  • @mosquitoinmagicjohnsonshouse

    @mosquitoinmagicjohnsonshouse

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Last_Chance. Geronimo?

  • @Cuefrost101
    @Cuefrost101 Жыл бұрын

    You guys are amazingly crazy... Thanks for letting me know I'm not the only one !!!

  • @The.Consultant.
    @The.Consultant. Жыл бұрын

    #ShawnRyan you are one hell of a listener and it shows so well in your interviews. Thank you for your service and thank you for everything you do.

  • @nighthawkviper6791
    @nighthawkviper6791 Жыл бұрын

    No Triple Agents, at that point they're just a bridge between intelligence services lol

  • @jwalter81
    @jwalter81 Жыл бұрын

    I was tdy to Langley the week after the bombing. Was somber and someone had laid a small bouquet of flowers at the memorial wall.

  • @raytucker6568
    @raytucker6568 Жыл бұрын

    The reason for security protocols.

  • @thomascoker7703
    @thomascoker7703 Жыл бұрын

    I was at FOB Salerno in 08. They tried to run our gate. I was in charge of the detention night shift. They were trying to break out an HVT we had in my facility. That place was always hot!!

  • @johnconover52
    @johnconover52 Жыл бұрын

    Every rule to keep people safe seemed to be broken and they paid for it

  • @jayr.7209
    @jayr.7209 Жыл бұрын

    The children of Iraq and Afghanistan send their thoughts and prayers.

  • @richkenny4923
    @richkenny49235 ай бұрын

    Read the book "Three Wise Men." What an amazing set of brothers.

  • @johnglenn2028
    @johnglenn2028 Жыл бұрын

    shawn you should do a episode all about you & your incredible career.

  • @MrMcdanjammsc
    @MrMcdanjammsc Жыл бұрын

    I was at Bagram AB, hospital, as healthcare Ofcr and rcv’d those who were evacuated in ‘09.

  • @edwardmatthews9953
    @edwardmatthews9953 Жыл бұрын

    The horrors of this world, IDK how people can hurt other people.

  • @user-pr3ho5pz4m
    @user-pr3ho5pz4m Жыл бұрын

    That is some crazy shit. I know things happen but when you intentionally do dumb shit people die.

  • @ah64adsweetness95
    @ah64adsweetness95 Жыл бұрын

    I flew AH64's at Salerno in 03, use to fly over Chapman for a sweep before we landed..... Rex

  • @mosquitoinmagicjohnsonshouse

    @mosquitoinmagicjohnsonshouse

    Жыл бұрын

    I remember seeing Apaches doing Chapman low passes 03. It was really cool to see

  • @ah64adsweetness95

    @ah64adsweetness95

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mosquitoinmagicjohnsonshouse flew out of Salerno and Orgun E, mostly night QRF

  • @pimpster122
    @pimpster122 Жыл бұрын

    Watching that incident be portrait in the film Zero Dark Thirty was intense. Even as a random civilian I saw numerous red flags with the security. Always wondered if that actually went down that messy… crazy shit

  • @50StichesSteel

    @50StichesSteel

    Жыл бұрын

    It's definitley easy to pick up on watching the movie. Being there is a whole different thing... You have to remember at the time, the CIA analyst woman that was meeting him had dedicated her life to finding Bin Laden. Years of research and trying to find intelligence of his wereabouts for her, the CIA, and the American people, and of course families of 9/11 victims was riding on this guy being a legit source. She believed it so much that she started taking risks just to be able to talk to him and see him in person. Add that much passionate wanting, mixed with a person who wasn't experienced in on the ground war fighting and that's how it happened. You have to remember too Afghanistan wasn't a place of many IED's and VBEID's at the time. Iraq is where those threats were recognized by everyone because it happened everyday.... People don't understand the subtle decisions that get made in warzones. Make the wrong decision in a split second and you could get you killed..Get too aggressive and you alienate the local population by risking killing an innocent family that didn't know to stop... Things go wrong though

  • @landsystems5807

    @landsystems5807

    Жыл бұрын

    @@50StichesSteel and along she could've just headed to Dallas, tX and gave ole Baby Bush a visit and handled him properly for his part in 9/11.

  • @muffin6369
    @muffin63693 ай бұрын

    Great interview. He is so right. I just finished Triple Agent, and moving on to Dark Side by Jane Mayer and Forever Prisoner (re: Zayn - Abu Zubaydah). The docs Forever Prisoner by Alex Gibney and Manhunt Peter Bergen. When I'm interested in a subject especially about something like this I read everything I can. Oh Frontline Docs also.

  • @jcarverd211
    @jcarverd211 Жыл бұрын

    Went to high school with Darren Labonte. Good dude.

  • @SJM6791
    @SJM6791 Жыл бұрын

    In a perfect world, station managers are there to collect Intel. The operators are there to provide security. The station manager should never have the authority to override the operators on security issues. There are security procedures in place for a very good reason and they should never be deviated from to appease a potential asset. Again, this is in a perfect world.

  • @danalopresto3139

    @danalopresto3139

    29 күн бұрын

    Having competent and experienced management at a FOB, Station, Base is critical, but was an epic failure. Qualified management was not in place.

  • @candidequixote6026
    @candidequixote6026 Жыл бұрын

    I wonder if he was connected to Ali Mohammed the triple agent that was in the U.S. military. Had been in the Egyptian military and was apart of the unit that assassinated Anwar Sadat, and had access to FT. Bragg and the JFK Special Warfare School. During that entire time was the Security Chief for Bin Laden.

  • @qaisyosufzai1369

    @qaisyosufzai1369

    Жыл бұрын

    Wow that's crazy 😧

  • @2K9s

    @2K9s

    Жыл бұрын

    علي عبد السعود محمد Ali Abdul Saoud Mohamed is a double agent who is “suspected of providing information on al-Qaeda in an attempt to reduce his “ sentence…”

  • @Brandon-tk2rw

    @Brandon-tk2rw

    Жыл бұрын

    balawi wasn't connected to him. he was a dorky pediatrician who got famous by blogging under an alias on islamists websites. this led to him being nabbed by Jordanian intelligence and pissing his pants. then Jordanians sent him off to Pakistan where the dorks fantasy life was able to become his real life, i.e., he got to blow himself up... fun fact. at camp Chapman, the cia's chief of base had previously been a 40 + yo suburban mom living in VA with absolutely no warzone experience. she felt confident operating a cia base in one of the worlds most dangerous locations bc she "would never put herself in danger bc of her kids." how they let her in that position boggles the mind.

  • @Ep0nz

    @Ep0nz

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s pretty wild…my uncle was an instructor at the JFK special warfare school in Ft.Bragg, after he finished up in A Company, 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group.

  • @Prepper319
    @Prepper319 Жыл бұрын

    I’ve got thee upmost respect for bob & Sean - as salamu alaykum ❤️

  • @AmericanTLBN

    @AmericanTLBN

    Жыл бұрын

    You’re a munafiq

  • @onlyhereforddebob8978
    @onlyhereforddebob8978 Жыл бұрын

    I live these clips but they really make me want a drink lol

  • @amahana6188
    @amahana6188 Жыл бұрын

    Hearing about the car being waved through the gate gave me ptsd. Major anxiety. Three tours to Baghdad will do that. 05, 06, 07

  • @mohammedahmadzai4189

    @mohammedahmadzai4189

    Ай бұрын

    Womp womp

  • @pab4435
    @pab4435 Жыл бұрын

    Respect to all 🇺🇸

  • @0311rog
    @0311rog Жыл бұрын

    I was stationed at the same fob 2007-2008.

  • @derrickdavis4488
    @derrickdavis4488 Жыл бұрын

    you guys have balls that make sparks

  • @BabyWick351

    @BabyWick351

    Жыл бұрын

    👀👀

  • @Jay-O_Carlow
    @Jay-O_Carlow Жыл бұрын

    Holy Shit these stories are fucking insane You just wont Ever find a channel on YT like this anywhere but the Shawn Ryan Show This vids been pumped out are truly Amazing , just gripping stories! Thanks shawn

  • @zakariaazizpour8832
    @zakariaazizpour8832 Жыл бұрын

    The search criteria was very normal for long term trusted informants they would call ahead and come straight through without searches because they feared being recognized at the gate if they were stopped and searched as the taliban had their guys undercover around the gates looking for informants and local translators.

  • @jacobpenning3744
    @jacobpenning3744 Жыл бұрын

    God speed to anyone who's stepped foot on "rocket city" ...they literally sold shirts

  • @deanpapadopoulos3314
    @deanpapadopoulos3314 Жыл бұрын

    It sounds as if what occurred was impossible without the influence and cooperation of people on the inside by the same people who planned the attack. Their infiltration tactics very likely mimicked the same infiltration tactics used on them. The most difficult thing to see and to believe is the hustle being played on one’s self that looks exactly like the hustle one is playing on the target. The human errors in thought are several and combine to create a false belief that our hustle has hypnotized them. The errors in thought (to be avoided) include: a belief that the target doesn’t understand our ruse/hustle; that the target couldn’t piece together our ruse/hustle even if they saw enough pieces of it over several experiences; that the target hasn’t bought that information from someone on the inside with firsthand knowledge. Then again, that female decision-maker may have been “in another movie” creating a scene she could talk and write about later where she explains how she designed this “never-seen-before” approach to security that exposed so many valuable human assets to a probable (not certain nor just possible) enemy target including his bodyguards/entourage which naturally resulted in her next promotion and later her book and fees for the speech she was now giving - at least in the movie with her as the protagonist playing inside of her mind. How else does one explain creating a welcoming committee for a mastermind of so many deaths to allied forces. The term is ‘magical thinking’ which is a form of escape and a coping strategy for a job one is under-skilled to perform. Imagine a member of the female half of our species not listening and ignoring every caution communicated to her by male members of our species whose biological make-up is to protect (which is why only men talk about ‘spidy senses’) - ‘that never happens,’ no one has ever said. Understanding our biology is not mysoginistic - rather, it’s being rational and sane in order to stay alive. Hopefully the right lessons have been learned in order to improve future outcomes and to keep highly valuable friendly forces alive.

  • @kentclizbe

    @kentclizbe

    Жыл бұрын

    "How else does one explain creating a welcoming committee for a mastermind of so many deaths to allied forces." It is 100% explained by the degradation of the CIA's mission by Political Correctness: "Political correctness killed the CIA operations officer, the analyst, and the others supporting the meeting, just as surely as the blast and fragments from the package strapped under the bomber’s robe did. Every clandestine meeting with a terrorist is dangerous and potentially deadly. The meeting itself is a tiny part of the operation. Training and preparation, planning and cultural knowledge, understanding your asset’s personality, motivations, needs, and problems, are just a few of the issues that an operations officer must juggle and attempt to control. But the first step is the selection process itself that chooses candidates who will become operations officers in a war zone." They hire, promote, and put in charge people (mostly females) who have no business being in those roles. The girls who ran the show, and died in Khost were perfect examples of that. kentclizbe.substack.com/p/political-correctness-killed-7-at-khost

  • @richardschinkel6386
    @richardschinkel6386 Жыл бұрын

    Truth Freedom Health

  • @gregoryeidukas8354
    @gregoryeidukas8354 Жыл бұрын

    I don't think they corrected it. 2012 Benghazi ring a bell.

  • @muffin6369
    @muffin63694 ай бұрын

    Same thing here. I will read and watch tons of docs. I also like to see if an author just repeats the same old anecdotes about someone instead of a Eric Ives researched book. I usually read historical biographies that way I get the info on the person and LEARN about what was going on without reading a dry history book.

  • @lee0477
    @lee0477 Жыл бұрын

    Even a scanner machine that you have to walk through 20 metres.before the entrance even that saves lives

  • @NiVoMediaSolutions
    @NiVoMediaSolutions Жыл бұрын

    Find your focus point and then make sure to turn off autofocus. Probably an oversight but if you hadn't thought.

  • @adrianj3198
    @adrianj3198 Жыл бұрын

    Wasn’t this that “ This not watch, this detonator” guy?

  • @user-on1sk4fl6s
    @user-on1sk4fl6s5 ай бұрын

    A triple agent is always dangerous he can shadow the ways as his intentions are to move ahead or move off, is it true?

  • @mattm597
    @mattm5976 ай бұрын

    Horrible lapse in judgement. What was the station manager thinking?

  • @joseph-sj7do

    @joseph-sj7do

    11 күн бұрын

    Promotion?

  • @murphychris9811
    @murphychris9811 Жыл бұрын

    that lady killed alll them by letting him in

  • @paulgracia2626

    @paulgracia2626

    Жыл бұрын

    Monday morning qbs who watched a Hollywood movie thinking they know how the world really works

  • @IamCartaphilus

    @IamCartaphilus

    Жыл бұрын

    Zero Dark Thirty

  • @murphychris9811

    @murphychris9811

    Жыл бұрын

    @@paulgracia2626i dont watch films

  • @SocialAssasin

    @SocialAssasin

    Жыл бұрын

    @@paulgracia2626 The man just confirmed it. Didi you watch the interview? Jennifer Matthews was so focused on what this potential spy could be instead of what he really was.

  • @Adubs917

    @Adubs917

    Жыл бұрын

    @@paulgracia2626 Paul eats a snickers . Your a douche when your hungry

  • @edwinjacks
    @edwinjacks Жыл бұрын

    This man is scatterbrained...

  • @alexandercaptures7759
    @alexandercaptures7759 Жыл бұрын

    Did this happen at the FOB or somewhere in the city?

  • @ianthompson5678

    @ianthompson5678

    Жыл бұрын

    It happened on the base. The lady in charge of the meet had all the standard security procedures done away with. The enemy exploited her weakness and blew her and several others up in front of the toc

  • @zionkid28
    @zionkid28 Жыл бұрын

    gotta see the full thing of this but I remember seeing what happened in Khost on the news and looking into it as I could and it was just sad and all. But I have to ask and if anyone here knows cool if not okay but I do security work myself (nothing like GRS) but why in the heck couldn't GRS have said hey either we do it this way or this person isn't getting on base. Were they out of the structure to have any kind of command. I know with the stuff that I do if we security says that person isn't getting on site they aren't.

  • @stackstheripper3056

    @stackstheripper3056

    Жыл бұрын

    That's what they wanted to do and should of but the guy had access to Bin Laden. They wanted him so bad that a few gave in to this guy and was going to do anything to keep him happy and to give up Bin Laden. But like Ninja said, the guy got too much access way too fast. Should of been a big red flag right there. They thought they could buy him off with a shit ton of money & a new life in a new country. But people like him don't care about money, they're 100% about Jihad and killing Americans. Crazy. But because of that bombing & the people who died, the lady friend went into the rabbits hole & came out with Bin Laden 2 years later.

  • @randomman057

    @randomman057

    Жыл бұрын

    From how it's been portrayed in media and alluded to in interviews by many former GRS members, station chiefs were/are arrogant intellectuals, individually focused, who often don't respect the opinions of security personnel. Essentially, they were in charge and felt they were smart enough to know better than the people who were far more qualified in specific key areas. That mindset cost many lives and I sincerely hope that administrative elements of the agency rooted that out, because frankly with the standards required for becoming a paramilitary member of the CIA, it's a complete waste to treat them as window dressing.

  • @MMkayUltra
    @MMkayUltra Жыл бұрын

    Bro im 5 minutes in and this shit is sooooooo cryptic. Imagine if we all thought before we spoke. #noleaks

  • @teepee431
    @teepee431 Жыл бұрын

    For what it's worth and at 20 20 hindsight: the triple agent should have been stopped at the second perimeter and subjected to a zoom-like interview. If he did not agree he should have been snap-inspected, with absolutely no option. He would eventually have to blow himself up.

  • @shanejamesmccann5858
    @shanejamesmccann5858 Жыл бұрын

    I wish could just tell us what happened so we can understand the backstory better

  • @Johnyrocket70
    @Johnyrocket70 Жыл бұрын

    A dog or a wand isn't intrusive. They are stupid.

  • @newyardleysinclair9960
    @newyardleysinclair9960 Жыл бұрын

    That lady cost a lot of ppl their lives

  • @marymartini2839
    @marymartini2839 Жыл бұрын

    Metel face I'm talking bout comes from six clicks from the opening same faces in time an experiment

  • @thatguyovathere8684
    @thatguyovathere8684 Жыл бұрын

    I’m just shocked. That they didn’t have guys on the wall making him get out. Open his jacket and spin around . And having or having a sniper on point .

  • @muffin6369
    @muffin63699 күн бұрын

    As a civilian and with everything I have read and researched She was a hard charger and was very rude in Alec Station. Just like Alfreda said get out of my way. OK George Tennent was pissed that the CIA dropped the ball..... then the FBI Ali Soufan and Steve Gaudin got info about KSM from Zayn right off the bat. Ali sends a nice cable to the CIA and up until then Tennent thought it was the CIA that got the info. And Tennent blows again.The CIA acted like a bunch of wacks. Jose Rodriguez all he wanted was torture. Did you see Zayn's torture drawings!! Morocco, Thailand, Egypt, Poland (he jsut wn a monetary from them lot of good they won't even let Zayn see the ocean. After what WE did NOT what he did. #3 what a freakin' joke.

  • @IamCartaphilus
    @IamCartaphilus Жыл бұрын

    Zero Dark Thirty

  • @Keenafy
    @Keenafy Жыл бұрын

    Does he ever get to the point? Mr. Preffesionalbeataroundthebush

  • @golflimaactual
    @golflimaactual Жыл бұрын

    This really pisses me off moral of the story. Don’t be ridiculous search everybody that comes through the gate.

  • @LifeRuiner59
    @LifeRuiner59 Жыл бұрын

    For those of you who would like some context on to what he’s talking about go watch “Zero Dark Thirty,” there is a scene that perfectly, captures the events that happened at Camp Chapman in Khost Where essentially the lead CIA agent, working the case got entirely too comfortable and/or complacent with the mission and the reality on the ground. Apparently in an effort to build “trust”with the “Asset” decided to forget about searching him thoroughly on the day of the meet. Which turned deadly when the Asset aka Jordanian born Doctor, turned Suicide Bomber/Martyr that would decide to clack off his VBIED and kill Americans, instead of work for them and give them intelligence that untimely could lead to OBL.

  • @LifeRuiner59

    @LifeRuiner59

    Жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/mGaD26auet28Y5M.html

  • @ulflyng4072
    @ulflyng4072 Жыл бұрын

    Sound like some of the same problems that occured in Benghazi. Leadership not taking situation serious

  • @CoolAdam247
    @CoolAdam247 Жыл бұрын

    Had to watch this at 1.25X

  • @blitz4634

    @blitz4634

    Жыл бұрын

    Tafs

  • @Fighting_Fatigue_117
    @Fighting_Fatigue_117 Жыл бұрын

    I'm surprised this is public knowledge... RIP.

  • @rdalge

    @rdalge

    Жыл бұрын

    They made a movie about it

  • @rogerfederer1233
    @rogerfederer1233 Жыл бұрын

    I really wanted to listen to this story. Like, really! The title captivates. The story teller comes off like my grandpa muttering to himself in he basement. So boring you close the door, slowly walk away head hanging and shaking, and tell yourself " poor stupid old man."

  • @jacobgill4808
    @jacobgill4808 Жыл бұрын

    I would have made him approach the gate in his boxer shorts yards away I need to do it safely or I would flat-out refuse to be a part of it I would rather be in prison for disobeying orders than dead

  • @victor256in
    @victor256in Жыл бұрын

    My prayers for all the CIA heroes lost that day. I hope there was some vengance (we may not have heard of perhaps)

  • @aaronrodden8121
    @aaronrodden8121 Жыл бұрын

    That's what happens when you try to appease your enemy with political correctness!! Great warriors pay for it with their lives!

  • @uGotGot1618

    @uGotGot1618

    Жыл бұрын

    Or more importantly, it’s what happens when you really want something to work, and forget to cover your most fundamental bases

  • @rts3822

    @rts3822

    Жыл бұрын

    this is what happens when you go to other countries

  • @hulkangry5546

    @hulkangry5546

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rts3822 Your reply is too simplistic.

  • @hulkangry5546

    @hulkangry5546

    Жыл бұрын

    Or when beauracrats with nothing on the line run the show.

  • @deedeemegadoodoo70

    @deedeemegadoodoo70

    Жыл бұрын

    You listened to all of that and political correctness is at fault? Out of all of the issues in retrospect it’s political correctness!? Right

  • @rayhanes1347
    @rayhanes1347 Жыл бұрын

    This was a big deal and still is. Folks are still talking about it.

  • @ivannieves5708
    @ivannieves5708 Жыл бұрын

    A woman was in charge... need I say more

  • @JB-qr2jq
    @JB-qr2jq Жыл бұрын

    Why didn’t the Jordanian intelligence officer frisk Balawi before they got into base?

  • @ianthompson5678

    @ianthompson5678

    Жыл бұрын

    The cia lady in charge of the meet stopped all security procedures for this guy, and he took full advantage of that

  • @itcantbetruebutis7778
    @itcantbetruebutis7778 Жыл бұрын

    Never heard of this. Sad day for the agents lost and their loved ones. Condolences to all.. sickening

  • @muffin6369
    @muffin63694 ай бұрын

    He can't say her name. Jen Matthews named as the Queen of Torture. Showing up at Black Sites when she didn't need to be there. Composite of Bikowsky/Sheuer and Jen. Hailed as hero's and blamed his guys.

  • @blitz4634
    @blitz4634 Жыл бұрын

    Based Balawi

  • @jerimahjohnson8698
    @jerimahjohnson8698 Жыл бұрын

    I been to landstuhl and the feeling I get there I can't put into words. Thank God for my friends as it was a time in my life I really was at a crossroads. Listening to this the woman that was running point must have never been fishing as they threw bait in the water and she bit. I never been anywhere that just like dropped all security like that ...ever. Fuck I suspicious of everyone that's not American while I'm working and sure as shit someone would step up and pop smoke saying something.

  • @muffin6369
    @muffin63693 ай бұрын

    I mean the torture trio apparently didn't follow the rules but good old Jose Rodriguez had their backs. Jen Matthews, Chief of Base Khost, Alfreda Bikowsky/Scheuer and the Queen of Torture Gina Haspiel 1st women Director CIA (gosh that was great at her hearing when a heckler yelled that and then said, "YOU ARE A TORTURER."

  • @gremgreene2725
    @gremgreene2725 Жыл бұрын

    Your show is amazing. Its probably because you remind people of Christian Slater.

  • @rybaneightsix5085
    @rybaneightsix5085 Жыл бұрын

    Remember, most of the loss of life and limb to our military folks was at the behest of some old people in suits in Washington that don't want to do their job of focusing on the problems we have here at home.

  • @ottoskorzenyheil

    @ottoskorzenyheil

    Жыл бұрын

    Except this decision was made by a woman who was on base and ended up being killed.

  • @jeffboone8229
    @jeffboone8229 Жыл бұрын

    I don't understand American military. You are all from the same country and fighting the same war but a lot of egos get in the way. Which military is the best military which one has the best special forces that is the big problem..

  • @kennethpolvent2744
    @kennethpolvent2744 Жыл бұрын

    Terrible shit! Their thirst for killing Usama bin Laden caused this unfortunate event. Too many great minds lost in a blip. Protocol is protocol. Hearing the details are sickening. Too many read flags..God Bless the USA and the brothers and sisters that left us too early 🇺🇸