Ken Strange is a former FBI agent with the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), who operated in NYC during the rise of Al-Qaeda operatives. 🎧 The Reed Morin Show is a podcast dedicated to interviewing people with unique experiences and perspectives on the world's most complex and compelling issues. If you want to know a little about a lot, you came to the right place. 🔗 Don't forget to subscribe for more thought-provoking conversations and too learn a little about a lot! ~ Please leave us a 5 star review on Apple/Spotify Podcasts ~ Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-aftermath-daily/id1653324768 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2Dzr5Xoov2oqrW9y2vVLWh?si=1167e15bc1fd4082 ~ Reed Morin Show Links ~ Twitter - https://twitter.com/ReedMorinShow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/reedmorinshow/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thereedmorinshow #podcast #crime #reedmorinshow Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:41 Saddam Hussein Spys in the USA 01:29 The First Gulf War 13:16 Iraqi Says & Al-Qaeda Sleeper Cells 25:28 Ignoring the Rise of Jihadist in NYC 27:05: World Trade Center Bombings & Mohammed A. Salameh 33:36 Spying on Castro Brothers in Cuba 44:36 Publishing Story from Time in FBI 48:10 Moving to the UAID 50:03 Ken on a Hezbollah Hitlist 54:20 Moving into White Collar Crime 1:00:00 Moving to DOJ & Fighting Cartels 1:03:00 Vicente Carrillo Fuentes | Leader of the Juarez Cartel 1:10:00 Visiting the Prison El Chapo Escaped 1:12:23 Meeting Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo & Cartel Leaders 1:22:30 Corruption in the Prison System 1:24:48 Kens Closing Remarks/Buy A Cops Son! 1:27:50 Outro Music via Epidemic Sound

Ken Strange is a Former FBI agent, who was a apart joint terrorism task force (JTTF) in New York City. He worked closely with CIA on many operations, one of which was protecting Soviet Spy Nikolai, all while he was crossing paths with a FBI double agent Robert Hanssen. He also worked to prevent presidential assignations, terror attacks, and much more. In part 1 we dive into his backstory. **Timestamps** (00:00) Intro (00:39) A NYPD Cops Son (07:40) Dealing with New York Mafia as a Cop (16:11) Ken Interest in Law Enforcement (18:10) Like & Subscribe (18:40) Kens Teaching Career (22:33) Teaching the Saudi King's Family (26:23) Adjusting to Middle Eastern Culture (37:05) Moving towards the FBI (40:34) FBI Recruiting (42:47) Kens time at Quantico (53:02) Getting Assigned to FBI JTTF 58:03 Guarding a Soviet Spy (1:04:36) Robert Hanssen: Soviet FBI Spy (1:06:53) First Few Months on JTTF (1:13:35) Finding Spy for Saddam Hussein (1:17:00) Subscribe for Part 2! ~ Please leave us a 5 star review on Apple/Spotify Podcasts ~ Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-aftermath-daily/id1653324768 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2Dzr5Xoov2oqrW9y2vVLWh?si=1167e15bc1fd4082 ~ Reed Morin Show Links ~ Twitter - https://twitter.com/ReedMorinShow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/reedmorinshow/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thereedmorinshow Music via Artlist.io

Taylor Cavanaugh is a former Navy Seal and French Legionnaire. Learn about his unbelievable path from jail, to United States Navy SEAL, back to jail, then kicked out of the United States Military, to joining the French Foreign Legion, and now finding redemption and inner peace, and starting his personal brand as a life coach to help other through the journey. "The wise learn from the mistakes of others. Listen and understand so you don't have to learn the hard way." - Taylor Cavanaugh

Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Taylor’s Childhood in San Diego 02:10 - Impact of Sports & Lacrosse Culture 10:40 - Military & Navy Seal Team Dreams 11:20 - Getting Kicked out of High School 12:40 - Going to College 17:33 - Dropping out of college 19:03 Community College 19:40 Arrest, Selling Drugs, Hitting rock bottom 23:19 Navy Seal Get Advice from Homeless Man 25:11 Rain means change 27:04 Turning his life around 29:30 Martial Arts and Fighting MMA 33:34 Getting Arrested Again & DUI 36:19 Joining the Military 38:25 Marine Deny over Tattoos 40:10 Welcome to the Navy 42:31 Going to Jail to join the Navy 47:03 Did navy seal dreams help in Jail? 54:44 Training for Navy Seals 58:00 Navy Seal BUDS 1:01:40 Getting a Navy Seal Contract 1:17:06 Joining Seal team 7 1:20:17 Being deployed to Yemen 1:25:01 Arrested on Military Leave 1:28:51 Navy Seal Goes to Iraq on Bail 1:32:53 Iraqi Deployment & Jail back home 1:42:22 Arrested, Warrants, Going to Jail &Honorable Discharge over drug test 1:49:40 Drugs and Fentanyl 1:55:17 Kicking Fentanyl in Hawaii 1:59:13 What prevented Suicide 2:00:00 Does Taylor Cavanaugh believe god? 2:05:03 Welcome to The French Foreign Legion 2:06:47 Navy Seal vs French Foreign Legion 2:11:15 Process of joining French Foreign Legion 2:15:05 Did French Foreign Legion try to get intel? 2:21:50 Outro 2:28:50 Until Next Time

🎧 The Reed Morin Show is a podcast dedicated to interviewing people with unique experiences and perspectives on the world's most complex and compelling issues. Topics include: Real Stories, Current Events, Geopolitics, Philosophy, Politics, True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Tech, Investigative Journalism and much, much more. If you want to know a little about a lot, you came to the right place. 🔗 Don't forget to subscribe for more thought-provoking conversations and too learn a little about a lot! ~ Please leave us a 5 star review ~ ~ Reed Morin Show Links ~ Twitter - https://twitter.com/ReedMorinShow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/reedmorinshow/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thereedmorinshow Music via Artlist.io #military #specialforces #TaylorCavanaugh #reedmorinshow #podcast #interview