… lead investigator into the five hijackers of American Airlines Flight 77, whose expertise was critical to understanding Line 11 and preventing further attacks. And most recently being pushed out included Stephen Palmer, a 27 year veteran of the FBI and the third head of FBI's elite Critical Incident Response Group to be fired in just three months. In three months, three separate heads were fired. Now, as head of the Critical incident response group, Mr. Palmer led teams tasked with responding to terrorist attacks, mass shootings, hostage crises, high risk national security incidents. (08:00–08:14)
CLAIM
Asserts that Stephen Palmer was the third head of the FBI's Critical Incident Response Group fired in three months.
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