Summary: <a href="http://jerriwilliams.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/JERRI-WILLIAMS-Podcast-Logo.jpg"></a><br> Retired agent Oliver “Buck” Revell served in the FBI for 30 years. During his Bureau career, he assumed numerous leadership roles, culminating with his promotion to Associate Deputy Director in Charge of Investigations. In this episode of <a href="http://jerriwilliams.com/">FBI Retired Case File Review</a>, he reviews Operation Goldenrod and the capture of Fawaz Younis, the first overseas apprehension of an international terrorist. He also provides frank and transparent insight about the public perception of the FBI today. Operation Goldenrod” was the first time that new extra-territorial jurisdiction approved by Congress was used. This legislation provided the FBI with authority to investigate terrorist acts in which Americans were taken hostage, no matter where the acts occurred. Buck Revell is the author of <a href="http://a.co/8EAJ8MP">A G-Man’s Journal: A Legendary Career Inside the FBI- From The Kennedy Assassination to the Oklahoma City Bombing</a>. Currently, he is the founder and President of a global business and security-consulting firm, based in Rowlett, Dallas County, Texas. You can find out more about the firm’s services at the <a href="http://www.revellgroup.com/">Revell Group International</a>.<br> <br> Associate Deputy Director (Retired)<br> Oliver “Buck” Revell<br> 11/16/1964 – 8/31/1994<br> <br> <a href="http://jerriwilliams.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/buck1.jpg"></a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> The following are links to additional information and newspaper articles about Operation Goldenrod, the first time the FBI was authorized to investigate terrorist acts in which Americans were taken hostage, no matter where the acts occurred:<br> FBI Website – <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/fawaz-younis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fawaz Younis/Operation Goldenrod</a><br> The FBI Files: Season 6 – <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xIyBde3EbU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ep 18 “Operation Goldenrod”</a><br> New York Times – 9/18/1987: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/18/world/lebanese-suspect-in-85-hijacking-arrested-by-the-fbi-while-at-sea.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lebanese Suspect in ’85 Hijacking Arrested by the F.B.I. While at Sea</a><br> New York Times – 9/19/1987: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/19/world/friend-led-terror-suspect-to-fbi-lawyer-says.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Friend Led Terror Suspect to F.B.I., Lawyer Says</a><br> LA Times – 3/17/1989: <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/1989-03-17/news/mn-1648_1_fawaz-younis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lebanese Terrorist Younis Unrepentant About Hijacking, Says He’d Do It Again</a><br> Washington Post – 3/29/2005: <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11426-2005Mar29.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Convicted Terrorist Deported To Lebanon After Prison Term</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> In 1998, Buck Revell wrote the following in the third paragraph of the epilogue of his memoir, A G-Man’s Journal.<br>
