Unnamed Interviewee

I really despise Mark Sands. I think he's an evil person.

I really despise Mark Sands. I think he's an evil person.

I was working international terrorism.

I was working international terrorism.

And I was ultimately taken off that case in 2000 to work the series of arsons that were taking place in the Phoenix metro area.

And I was ultimately taken off that case in 2000 to work the series of arsons that were taking place in the Phoenix metro area.

Because he took the FBI's attention off of other guys that did something more horrible.

Because he took the FBI's attention off of other guys that did something more horrible.

I get back on it. I get the informant to reengage, and we start watching these guys. And, you know, the rest is history.

I get back on it. I get the informant to reengage, and we start watching these guys. And, you know, the rest is history.

— No.

— No.

We just got a report in that there's been some sort of explosion at the World Trade Center in New York City.

We just got a report in that there's been some sort of explosion at the World Trade Center in New York City.

There is more and more fire and smoke enveloping the very top of the building.

There is more and more fire and smoke enveloping the very top of the building.

And as I'm sitting there watching it, I go, there comes another one.

And as I'm sitting there watching it, I go, there comes another one.

This is al-Qaeda doing this, and I kept thinking of my memo, and I'm going, oh my God, I've got to round up some agents and get them up to Prescott to go look for those students that I wrote about. All the way up there, I'm thinking, please don't let one of these guys be on these airplanes.

This is al-Qaeda doing this, and I kept thinking of my memo, and I'm going, oh my God, I've got to round up some agents and get them up to Prescott to go look for those students that I wrote about. All the way up there, I'm thinking, please don't let one of these guys be on these airplanes.