10 episodes

Everybody remembers the morning of September 11, 2001, when two passenger jets flew into the World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan. But the idea of toppling the towers was not new. Thirty years ago, a group of men set off a bomb in the garage beneath the North Tower, hoping it would tumble into the South Tower. At the time, this was the largest improvised explosive device ever ignited on American soil. It killed six people and injured thousands, leaving behind a 100-foot crater five stories deep. Investigators from New York City’s Joint Terrorism Task Force—a ragtag team of FBI paper-pushers and NYPD detectives—found themselves conducting a new type of international investigation, called Operation: Tradebom. It became their job to find the bombers and bring them to justice before something even worse happened.
Operation: Tradebom is an Apple Original podcast, produced by Truth Media in partnership with Brillstein Entertainment Partners. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.
https://apple.co/operation-tradebom

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    • 4.4 • 702 Ratings

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Everybody remembers the morning of September 11, 2001, when two passenger jets flew into the World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan. But the idea of toppling the towers was not new. Thirty years ago, a group of men set off a bomb in the garage beneath the North Tower, hoping it would tumble into the South Tower. At the time, this was the largest improvised explosive device ever ignited on American soil. It killed six people and injured thousands, leaving behind a 100-foot crater five stories deep. Investigators from New York City’s Joint Terrorism Task Force—a ragtag team of FBI paper-pushers and NYPD detectives—found themselves conducting a new type of international investigation, called Operation: Tradebom. It became their job to find the bombers and bring them to justice before something even worse happened.
Operation: Tradebom is an Apple Original podcast, produced by Truth Media in partnership with Brillstein Entertainment Partners. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.
https://apple.co/operation-tradebom

Listen on Apple Podcasts
Requires macOS 11.4 or higher

    The World Trade Center

    The World Trade Center

    February 26, 1993. Stockbroker Tim Lang parks his car beneath the Twin Towers, and a bomb explodes. Rookie emergency services officer Cory Cuneo carries Lang to safety. Bomb-maker Ramzi Yousef is disappointed the towers did not fall.

    Operation: Tradebom is an Apple Original podcast, produced by Truth Media in partnership with Brillstein Entertainment Partners. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.

    https://apple.co/operation-tradebom

    • 22 min
    The First Shot

    The First Shot

    November 5, 1990, three years before the bombing. The radical founder of the Jewish Defense League, Rabbi Meir Kahane, is shot in midtown Manhattan, and we meet his assassin through the eyes of his eight-year-old son. Meanwhile, FBI agent John Anticev and New York City police detective Louis Napoli of the JTTF are assigned the case.

    Operation: Tradebom is an Apple Original podcast, produced by Truth Media in partnership with Brillstein Entertainment Partners. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.

    https://apple.co/operation-tradebom

    • 25 min
    The Dangle

    The Dangle

    Agent Anticev and Detective Napoli focus their investigation into the Kahane murder on a group of young men, but no one is talking. So they enlist the help of an undercover operative who penetrates a budding terrorist cell. Then…FBI brass fires the man for not wearing a wire.

    Operation: Tradebom is an Apple Original podcast, produced by Truth Media in partnership with Brillstein Entertainment Partners. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.

    https://apple.co/operation-tradebom

    • 31 min
    The World Trade Center II

    The World Trade Center II

    Secret Service agent Jan Gilhooly sees a suspicious Ryder van parked in the garage beneath the World Trade Center. It holds a 2000-pound urea nitrate bomb. Gilhooly and his partners barely escape with their lives. New York governor Mario Cuomo tours the blast site.

    Operation: Tradebom is an Apple Original podcast, produced by Truth Media in partnership with Brillstein Entertainment Partners. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.

    https://apple.co/operation-tradebom

    • 20 min
    Our Guys

    Our Guys

    A bomb technician finds a twisted piece of chassis frame in the crater at the blast site. It has a VIN number engraved in it, which directs the FBI to a Ryder rental facility in Jersey City and leads them to the first bombing suspect. Agent Anticev and Detective Napoli hear the name Ramzi Yousef for the first time.

    Operation: Tradebom is an Apple Original podcast, produced by Truth Media in partnership with Brillstein Entertainment Partners. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.

    https://apple.co/operation-tradebom

    • 21 min
    A Day of Terror

    A Day of Terror

    After the explosion in the World Trade Center, Agent Anticev and Detective Napoli’s undercover informant comes back. He discovers a new plot: a Day of Terror for New York City.

    Operation: Tradebom is an Apple Original podcast, produced by Truth Media in partnership with Brillstein Entertainment Partners. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts.

    https://apple.co/operation-tradebom

    • 27 min

Customer Reviews

4.4 out of 5
702 Ratings

702 Ratings

ToddChuckie ,

Ok but missing some details

The podcast is well done. But how was all this financed? Motivation might have been hatred and disdain, but there is a financial motive too and a need for a bankroll to keep everyone satisfied and motivated. The FBI had worked with US Postal Inspectors and others to determine financing was not all from wealthy foreign entities, but was partially funded by a peculiar way- manufacturer coupons, fake store fronts and back room cutting and redemption of Sunday FSI coupons. Would like to know more about that and what the FBI found.

X13 b45 8 ,

Trash retread!

This podcast was from years ago! Regurgitated perhaps because of the New Wars in the Middle East? “Introducing “ is a false description to market an ancient podcast as current. Deceptive marketing.

TheStrongIslander ,

Superb

Well done!

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