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- Sep 11, 2026
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First-Hand Accounts from Ground Zero (opens the original)
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On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, three retired Diplomatic Security Service special agents reunite for the first time to share their raw, first-hand accounts of that day in New York—from melting windows and falling towers to a citywide citizen brigade that stepped up when it mattered most. Hear how a scrappy team with no communications built one of the only working federal response networks in Manhattan, ran 160+ missions from Ground Zero, and helped a shattered city begin to heal. Twenty-five ye
From Kampala to Bogota: Adoption Fraud, Child Exploitation & Transnational Crime (opens the original)
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In this episode of After Action, host Chad Hammer sits downwith Special Agent Ken Velez, a 13-year Diplomatic Security Service veteran who recently served as an Overseas Criminal Investigator (OCI) in Bogota, Colombia. Ken takes us inside three extraordinary cases that have defined his career and shares hard-won advice for the next generation of DSS agents.
Global Manhunt: How DSS Helped Capture Kaitlin Armstrong, Pt. 2 (opens the original)
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A high-profile fugitive. An international search. A coordinated capture. In part two in our series on Kaitlin Armstrong, Ed Simpson shares how Embassy San Jose personnel and international partners worked together to locate and return Kaitlin Armstrong to the United States to face justice. Go behind the scenes of a global manhunt and learn how Diplomatic Security supports international fugitive investigations.
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