• Retired Supervisory Special Agent (SSA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI):

  • 2002 to 2008 Supervisor of the Arabian Peninsula Squad, Washington Field Office (WFO), FBI:

    • Supervised, and when appropriate participated in, the Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and related Criminal matters relating to countries on the Arabian Peninsula.

    • Supervised, and where appropriate participated in, the identification recruitment, development and utilization of human sources targeting these countries.

• Special Agent (SA) of the FBI:

  • 1986 to 2002 Special Agent assigned to Counterterrorism Squads:

    • Conducted Counterterrorism and Counterintelligence investigations on all Middle-Eastern Countries designated as State Sponsors of Terrorism (Iran, Syria, Iraq, Libya).

    • Conducted Counterterrorism investigations on various Middle-Eastern Organizations designated as Terrorist Groups (to include PFLP, PFLP-GC, Hezbollah, HAMAS).

• Unique Specialties/Qualification

  • Graduate of Hazardous Devise School, (Bomb Technician)

  • Graduate of FBI Crisis negotiation School

•  Professor, Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies

During Brian Weidner’s career with the FBI he focused on field operations against terrorist and intelligence threats presented by Middle Eastern Countries Designated as State Sponsors of Terrorism. This expertise was honed during involvement in many of the more notable terrorism investigations during this time. This includes deployment to Kenya immediately after the 1998 bombings, involvement in the investigation of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon in 2001, the Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, and both covert and overt international deployment to debrief defectors or cooperators, and leading investigations against US Persons cooperating with these governments with subsequent successful prosecutions.

After the attacks of 9/11/01 significant investigative questions arose regarding the countries of the Arabian Peninsula, from where most of the hijackers originated. Mr. Weidner was selected to initiate an investigative squad at FBI's Washington Field Office (WFO) to focus on the Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and related Criminal matters relating to countries on the Arabian Peninsula.

Mr. Weidner was a Captain in the US Army serving tours in the US and in the Federal Republic of Germany in a Tank Battalion. Prior to attending college Mr. Weidner served as an Ordinary Seaman in the US Merchant Marine.