Eric O'Neill
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first heard Dec 2024
last heard 20 Dec
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And there's a pretty big danger in assembling a pipe bomb.
Those bombs could have gone off and killed all of them.
So you make the arrest before they start assembling the bombs.
Yeah.
Once upon a time, I used to go to Times Square to watch the ball drop.
I stopped doing that a long time ago.
Law enforcement has to be incredibly aware, not only preparing ahead of the celebrations, which are usually large crowds.
New Year's Eve draws large crowds, and there is always the opportunity for chaos in large crowds.
So there has to be great preparation ahead of time.
And then, of course, you have to have your law enforcement assets on the ground and ready to act in a moment's notice to follow any plots that they weren't aware of or that spring up.
So it's a very difficult time for law enforcement.
It's not an easy time or a real fun time of year.
Yeah, I think the Bureau has made great strides in counterterrorism.
I was actually hired into the FBI to work undercover in counterterrorism under, I think, Bill Clinton's counterterrorism bill, and ended up doing a lot of spy hunting counterintelligence while I was at it.
But the FBI has always been excellent at counterterrorism, which is just counterintelligence to catch bombers.
since the events of 9-11.
It's a critical goal of the FBI.
And look, this case against this Turtle Beach Liberation Front, Turtle Island, sorry, Liberation Front, is a great example of how successful they are in foiling these kinds of plots, because that could be devastating.
Pipe bombs going off during New Year's in Southern California, that's a scary thought.
Yes.
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