Fred Burton

William Fredrick (Fred) Burton is Vice President for Counterterrorism and Corporate Security at Stratfor, the largest global private intelligence company, and is "one of the world's foremost experts on security, terrorists and terrorist organizations." Mr. Burton is a former State Department counter terrorism Special Agent who orchestrated the arrest of Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the first World Trade Center bombing.

Mr. Burton also conducted the debriefings of the U.S. hostages held in Lebanon; investigated the plane crash which killed President Zia of Pakistan, the U.S. Ambassador, and U.S. Army General; was instrumental in the development of the State Department’s Rewards for Justice Program to target terrorists like Ramzi Yousef and Osama Bin Laden; investigated the assassination of Israeli President Rabin; the killing of Rabbi Meir Kahane; the al-Qaeda New York City bombing plots; the Libyan backed terrorist attacks on Diplomats in Sanaa and Khartoum; and countless other terrorist attacks and threats around-the-globe.

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  • The CIA in Lebanon/ Strange & Cursed Places

    Fred Burton and Samuel M. Katz discussed the capture of CIA station chief William Buckley. Followed by Mack Maloney on strange places around the planet.More »
  • Renewable Energy

    Stanford University professor Mark Z. Jacobson joined Ian Punnett to discuss the feasibility of powering the planet with renewable sources of energy generated from wind, water, sunlight, and even the Earth's own heat. In the first hour, security expert Fred Burton commented...More »
  • Assassination of Col. Joe Alon

    Fred Burton, vice president of the private global intelligence agency STRATFOR, joined Ian Punnett to discuss his investigation into the 1973 assassination of Col. Joe Alon, a former Israeli fighter pilot who resided in Bethesda, Maryland.More »
  • Predatory Capitalism

    Ian Punnett spoke with economist John Perkins, who pointed toward predatory capitalism as the real cause of the current global financial meltdown. Commenting on the Christmas Day terrorism attempt, investigative reporter Peter Lance appeared in the first half-hour, and...More »
  • Bush Family Secrets

    Ian Punnett welcomed award-winning investigative reporter Russ Baker, who discussed the connections between the Bush family and the intelligence community, as well as startling evidence that shed new light on the JFK assassination and Watergate. During the first...More »
  • Counterterrorism

    Ian spoke with counterterrorism agent Fred Burton, who provided behind-the-scenes details of his work tracking down the people responsible for terror attacks against the United States and its interests abroad. In the first hour, author Lynn Picknett reacted to a recent story...More »

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