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Peter J. Ahearn was a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.[1][2][3] In 2003, when he was special agent in charge of the FBI's Buffalo office, he lead the investigation into the "Lackawanna Six" -- muslim Americans of Yemeni descent who had traveled to Afghanistan and received training at al Qaeda's Al Farouq training camp. Ahearn was one of the officials who described this as a "sleeper cell".

Ahearn retired from the FBI in 2006.[4]

In 2011 Ahearn was quoted, in Mother Jones in an article about the FBI's use of informants.[5] On September 9, 2011, Ahearn was called upon to offer his insights on terrorism to mark the tenth anniversary of the attcks of 9-11.[6]

He appeared in PBS Frontline's episode devoted to the investigation of these Americans -- "Chasing the Sleeper Cell".[2]

[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [6]

References

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  1. ^ "Transcript: A dangerous business". PBS.
  2. ^ a b "Transcript: Chasing the Sleeper Cell". PBS.
  3. ^ "Press Release: $5,000,000 award offer for information leading to the arrest of Jaber Elbaneh". FBI. 2003-09-09. Today, Special Agent in Charge Peter J. Ahearn, Buffalo Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation and United States Attorney Michael A. Battle, United States Attorney's Office, Western District of New York, along with the other agency members of the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), announce a $5,000,000 award offer for information leading to the arrest of terrorism fugitive Jaber Elbaneh, DOB 09/09/1966.
  4. ^ {{cite news | url = https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/pressrel/press-releases/laurie-j.-bennett-reports-as-sac-in-buffalo | title = Laurie J. Bennett Reports as SAC in Buffalo | work = [[FBI] | date = 2006-05-10 | location = Washington, D.C. | archiveurl = | archivedate = | accessdate = 2019-08-07 | url-status = live | quote = She is replacing Peter J. Ahearn who retired from the FBI after almost five years of heading the Buffalo Office. }}
  5. ^ https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/07/fbi-terrorist-informants/. Retrieved 2019-08-07. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ a b Joe Chilles (2011-09-09). "BUFFALO FBI AGENT-IN-CHARGE GIVES INSIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 11TH JOE CHILLESeptember 9, 2011". The Breeze. Retrieved 2019-08-07. {{cite news}}: line feed character in |title= at position 60 (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ https://www.voanews.com/usa/boston-bombing-sparks-surveillance-camera-debate. Retrieved 2019-08-07. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ Hedieh Nasheri; Alfred Blumstein; David Farrington (2005). Economic Espionage and Industrial Spying. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521543712. Retrieved 2019-08-07.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-05-25-me-51-story.html. Retrieved 2019-08-07. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/18/nyregion/two-arrested-by-undercover-drug-agents.html?login=smartlock&auth=login-smartlock. Retrieved 2019-08-07. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ https://www.justice.gov/archive/criminal/cybercrime/press-releases/2003/garrisonPlea.htm. Retrieved 2019-08-07. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ . 2003-10-16 https://buffalonews.com/2003/10/16/local-fbi-team-cited-for-fighting-terrorism/. Retrieved 2019-08-07. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ https://news.wbfo.org/post/former-fbi-leader-recalls-nagis-ties-lackawanna-six. Retrieved 2019-08-07. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ https://www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-tracked-orlando-killer-omar-mateen-and-came-up-empty. Retrieved 2019-08-07. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, George W. Bush 2004: Book 1: January 1 to June 30, 2004. Government Printing Office. 2007. p. 623. ISBN 9780160777882. Retrieved 2019-08-07.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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