Sarah Adams aka "Superbad" in the Shawn Ryan Show, Counterterriorism Intel Insights

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The Shawn Ryan Show has been upping it's game over the past several months, with increasingly interesting guests including Sarah Adams.

When I shared a recent interview he did with Sarah Adams, at the time, I wondered if I should start a thread just for her interviews as a thread bucket to have them all in one place.

With the recent incident in the German Christmas market, I've decided to follow-up on that thought.

Sarah talked about plans to expand terrorism into Europe and the US, which she refers to as the Homeland, she's American. The German market incident reminds me of what she described in at least one of her interviews.

I'd like this thread to be a repository of the interviews and intel insights and to track if the terrorism goes full-on global. I hope it doesn't. But, increased awareness, in case it does, could be useful

Norm previously posted an earlier interview here in context of the Benghazi thread.

I'll repost the interviews in the order in which they happened in the comment posts below.

One interview per post.

Feel free to add any supporting or dissenting material, concerns about what she describes and so forth as an ongoing discussion.

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Sarah Adams - CIA Targeter Exposes How Hamza bin Laden is Alive, SRS #81 Part 1, 20231030
Shawn Ryan

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=qSn-hC9H-EM

This episode is a follow up to our investigation into the Benghazi attacks with Mark Geist. Sarah Adams is a former CIA Targeter with a wealth of experience leading intelligence initiatives during the Global War on Terror.

In part one of this two part series, Adams gives us an overview of what it's like to run targeting and intelligence operations for the U.S. She also outlines the power structures of different terrorist groups around the world and how they continue to operate today. Adams also covers the growing threats in Afghanistan after the United States withdrawal and what Americans should be concerned about in a post-war world.

00:00 - Introduction
03:42 - What’s the difference between an Analyst and a Targeter
04:33 - Patreon Question
07:25 - Has there been justice?
09:22 - Joining the C.I.A.
11:25 - 2008 Mumbai Drone strikes
23:38 - 2009 Camp Chapman Attack
29:50 - Capture of Abdul Ghani Baradar
36:22 - Atrocities that Americans are unaware of
52:35 - Afghan withdrawal disaster
01:00:38 - Terrorist Connections
01:09:42 - Are Terrorists coming up through our southern border?
01:14:11 - Capture of Younis Al-Marutitani


Targeter- move operations forward

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Sarah Adams, Barack Obama Visited Beyonce and Jay-Z During the Benghazi Attacks | SRS #81 Part 2, 20231101

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=GEj_MbMDciY

This episode is a follow up to our investigation into the Benghazi attacks with Mark Geist. Sarah Adams is a former CIA Targeter with a wealth of experience leading intelligence initiatives during the Global War on Terror.

In part two, Adams exposes what was happening Stateside during the Benghazi attacks while U.S. Service Members were fighting for their lives. Shawn and Sarah discuss what measures could have been taken that night to provide support to the CIA Annex team on the ground. This episode brings the United States' strategy full circle with an often overlooked part of the puzzle–the intelligence that informs the strikes

00:00 - Introduction
01:43 - Tripoli - Post Gaddafi - Arab Spring
21:32 - Narrative of Attacks
24:42 - Obama’s reaction to the Benghazi attacks
35:03 - Leaving C.I.A.
47:12 - Terrorist at large
1:10:20 - Terrorists on Offense
01:21:01 - The Media Narrative

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Superbad, CIA Targeter Tracks Down #1 Enemy of Benghazi Attacks, SRS #116-20240610

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=3C48x9mHLfI

Sarah Adams (call sign: Superbad) is a former CIA Targeting Officer and author of Benghazi: Know Thy Enemy. Adams served as the Senior Advisor for the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Benghazi. She conducted all-source investigations and oversight activities related to the 2012 Libya terrorist attacks and was instrumental in mitigating future security risks to U.S. personnel serving overseas. Adams remains one of the most knowledgeable individuals on active terrorism threats around the world.

00:00 - Introduction
04:26 - Patreon question
14:06 - Southern Border
26:13 - Types of training and sleeper cells
48:22 - Finding the Benghazi mortar team
1:04:35 - Supply lines
1:18:36 - Everything is connected
1:56:57 - U.S. Justice System & the Taliban
2:07:27 - American funding
2:23:00 - Assets left behind for the Taliban: Biometrics
2:32:43 - China/Afghanistan
2:55:27 - Treatment of women in Afghanistan

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Sarah Adams, Is the Pentagon Ignoring the Most Dangerous Threat of All? SRS #149 Shawn Ryan, 20241212

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=T50pRCNaQCA

In this episode of SRS, Sarah Adams exposes the hidden realities behind global security threats and government inaction. She discusses alarming intelligence gaps, Taliban funding, Al Qaeda’s evolving strategies, and the unsettling roles of China and Russia in shaping terrorist activities. Drawing from historical events like Benghazi, the conversation challenges listeners to rethink what’s being overlooked in today’s geopolitical landscape.

The discussion also highlights Hamza bin Laden’s influence, the challenges faced by abandoned allies, and the evolving nature of terrorist tactics. Through detailed analysis and candid reflections, Adams provides a nuanced perspective on the complexities of global and domestic security.

00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome
02:03 Pentagon Controversy and Open Source Intelligence
04:24 Al Qaeda's Threats and Plots
12:00 Funding the Taliban and Congressional Inaction
16:52 Newsletter and Intelligence Brief
30:28 Hamza Bin Laden and the Islamic Army
38:12 Restoration of the Caliphate
42:07 Hamza Bin Laden's Movements
50:35 Al Qaeda and Iran's Relationship
53:28 Complex Terrorist Networks
01:00:28 October 7th Hamas Attacks
01:23:19 Training and Preparation for Attacks
01:36:49 The Role of China and Russia

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At Least 2 Dead, 60 Injured After Car "Attack" On German Christmas Market, Saudi Driver Arrested

Summary:

• At least 2 dead
  
• At least 60 injured
  
• The suspect is a 50-year-old Saudi doctor who first came to Germany in 2006
  
• Suspect has been arrested.
  
• "Lone perpetrator"

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Update (1650ET): AP reports that at least two people are dead and at least 60 injured in what authorities suspect was an attack.

The driver of the car was arrested shortly after the car barreled into the market at around 7 p.m., when it was busy with holiday shoppers looking forward to the weekend.

MORE - Arrest of the Saudi Arabian man who carried out the terrorist attack on the German Christmas market.pic.twitter.com/69yapDcMAu
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) December 20, 2024

The suspect is a 50-year-old Saudi doctor who first came to Germany in 2006, Saxony-Anhalt’s interior minister, Tamara Zieschang, said at a news conference.

“As things stand, he is a lone perpetrator, so that as far as we know there is no further danger to the city," Saxony-Anhalt's governor, Reiner Haseloff, told reporters.

Fifteen of the injured were were hurt very seriously, according to government officials and the city government’s website.

Haseloff said the two people who were confirmed to have died were an adult and a toddler, but that he couldn’t rule out further deaths.

“But that is speculation now. Every human life that has fallen victim to this attack is a terrible tragedy and one human life too many,” he said.

Magdeburg’s University Hospital said it was taking care of 10 to 20 patients but was preparing for more, dpa reported.

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I've tried to sign up for the news letter on Shawn Ryan's site. But, I can't. Has anyone else been able to do that?

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On the topic of the Al-Qaeda waves of coordinated actions, with heavy corrupt governmental cooperation ( this is outsourcing gone 'Bohemian Grove' mad ), here's an alarm bell that went off in my head just last night.

I posted my first expression of what seems to be dawning on me like a freight train coming at us that I didn't notice until it was nearly darkening the sky, in mojo's Vehicles are way over priced thread, HERE

Posted by norman (here)
Thinking further . . . . . .

Posted by norman (here)
Yes, I've been studying all this as well, for a year.

I decided 5 months ago to stick with my 21 year old scrap value low tech car and spend a bit of money getting it journey-ready. It ticks all the common sense boxes of the present time except one, a painfully expensive one in my country, The road tax fee for it is shooting up, while they entice people towards data grabbing digital prison cars with free road tax or very low road tax according to model.

The silly big new prices on silly big cars seems to be more to do with government incentives in the industry. I can't say I've got it figured out yet but these latest reports show whatever they are up to might fall down around them soon. I hope so. BUT, a drastic drop in mobility by any method would make the bad guys very happy. If this takes out the big-brand dealerships, they may get what they want.

Am I going over the top nuts with this ?

We already know that big corporations have been forced, through the pressure/blackmail the bankers/WEF put on them to do the political correct stuff, right ?

What if, all those big hefty impossibly expensive trucks on the sales lots are NOT MEANT TO GET SOLD to ordinary ( patriot ) citizens at all. The prices could be jacked deliberately to make sure they pile up in the same way military kit piles up ahead of a war campaign ?

Those big strong trucks look to my eyes like a stock pile waiting for the crooked government to buy the lot and fill them with illegal foreign soldiers. Do you remember those images of ISIS in Iraq and ( I think ) Syria a decade ago in those long trains of brand new Toyota pickups ?

Holy sht, I'll stop there, and wait for it to sink in.

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For anyone who's curious about what Sarah Adams thinks regarding a known Jihadi terrorist, now treated as a legitimate head of state in Syria, attending the United Nations and the US White House, I'm posting a link to the nitter version of her Twitter account. (I've bookmarked this link and look at it from time to time.)

https://nitter.net/TPASarah

At the moment she has pinned a lengthy preparedness list that's a good reference. I see these sorts of things much like insurance, medical papers, living will, directives and so on. It's prudent to think about it and take care of details in advance, if you can.

https://nitter.net/TPASarah/status/1...266064748962#m (Current pinned comment, The Last Mile of Preparedness)

The Last Mile of Preparedness

We are reaching the end of this series of tips to help prepare you, your family, and your community for al-Qaeda’s current homeland plotting. Many of the tips are saved under my highlights tab if you missed them. You already know what you need to do. It is time to stop waiting for another round of guidance and tighten up the plans you’ve already put into place.

As I have made clear, we do preparedness for as long as the terrorists remain in their pre-attack phase. They are now only a couple of weeks away from moving into their operational phase. That is when your posture must shift as well: from preparing to being vigilant, disciplined, and ready to act. This requires a major reset in mindset. But you can do it. You are so much more prepared than you think.

Here is a final checklist to run through:

A comment by Sarah below the pinned post,

We are basing this on HUMINT collection, not predictions. God damn heroes are risking their lives to collect inside terrorist camps and networks right now. Handle this with the seriousness it deserves.

Additionally, Paul Furber reposted a comment by CIA Anon,
https://gab.com/paulf/posts/115638797038434171

"You need to correlate the recent events to see clearly what is happening. The murder in Washington, the seditious 6. This is all a plan to overthrow the government by deep state actors. All have crossed the Rubicon and events are in motion so by mid-December the landscape will be clear. The seditious 6 led by an ex-CIA deep state thug is laying the groundwork so the military will not follow the President`s direction to put down the insurrection. The insurrection is in the works with thugs from both parties involved. In addition drug cartel overlords have spent billions behind the scenes to secure this action. The recent attacks on civilians will continue and when Trump sends in the military the conspirators will swing into action. The players range from neo-cons who want to see the war in the Ukraine continue till the last Ukrainian is dead to the need to open to border and flood the country with another 20 million illegals. Understand the illegals are the foot soldiers and these thugs are trying to create inaction in the military so their efforts will succeed. One of the first steps taken will be the destruction of the internet and all forms of communication in the country to manifest a fait accompli before the country can react. Dark days ahead."

CIA Anon and Sarah's information complement, or echo, each other. It's showing up, subtly, at the edges of the information streams.

These statements don't always play out, or the way it plays is slightly different than described. Heretofore, much has been thwarted. Hopefully this will be, too. But, situational awareness is a useful skill to develop in any case, and it may be helpful to consider how you would handle both, the internet going down, and October 7 style attacks here in the US.

I think something similar is planned for Europe, but the US is the primary goal.

I don't dwell on this sort of thing. I've been focused with home projects, building a library, creative projects. I mostly glean news these days. I did major prep actions years ago.

But, the combination of these two separate pcs of information is a pattern of information I thought probably needed to be shared to raise some awareness, just in case.

Even if one cannot make physical preparations, mental preparation is better than being full-on blind-sided.

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Posted by edina (here)
I've tried to sign up for the news letter on Shawn Ryan's site. But, I can't. Has anyone else been able to do that?

I was finally able to sign up for the Shawn Ryan Show newsletter. It'll be interesting to see how that flows.

NYWeekly ran a profile style article on Shawn and the podcast:

The Shawn Ryan Show: America's Most Impactful Podcast of 2025 - New York Weekly

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Also, a new pinned post by Sarah, for anyone interested in following this topic. With a link to a report on Osama bin Laden's son, Hamza bin Laden.

https://nitter.net/TPASarah/status/1...945449455711#m

For those wanting to know more about Al-Qaeda Emir Hamza bin Laden, see our most recent investigation—Hamza bin Laden: Know Thy Enemy

Hamza bin Laden: Know Thy Enemy

What if the story you’ve been told was never the real one?

Click here to read or download the full report for free: trackingalqaeda.com/download…

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Popping this here for future reference:

https://x.com/TPASarah/status/1999228137377517725

One of the things I do is archive things offline, a carry-over from the active Q posts days.
I tend to archive offline before I share. This video clip was archive a couple of days ago.
There seems to be a lot coming at us in ways that we don't always know what's happening. I archive offline, if for no other reason than to have some bit of a historical record, should that ever be needed. Are other people doing this, too?

ZeroHedge did a bit of coverage of this, too.

Joe Kent Sounds Alarm: Biden's Border Invasion Flooded Nation With 18,000 Known And Suspected Terrorists

On Thursday, Kent testified that the NCTC has identified 18,000 "known and suspected terrorists that the Biden administration let come into our country."

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There's been a notable uptick in terrorist-type attacks, especially in the last week. The sorts of actions that Sarah and fellow intelligence associates said would be happening are happening as they described a year ago, and since.

We're approaching the time that the humint intel has indicated the terrorists plan to go operational.

I've been trying to sort out in my mind about how to help bring people up to speed quickly, and also how people could process and prepare for what Sarah, (and others) have been trying to warn people, law enforcement and first responders about over the past year.

I remember one thing that grabbed my attention was a description of how part of the plans is to do Mumbai-style attacks scaled up, here in the US. What felt significant to me is how there was a multi-pronged attack. Say, one suicide bomber go off and then as people and first responders rush in to help the injured, then another suicide bomber comes in and takes out that rescue crowd. And in addition to this, to do this in several places in one town or city.

It feels important for people to have an awareness of this potential. This became super-apparent to me when I watched how civilians responded once the two shooters were down in the Bondi Beach attack in Australia. Crowds of onlookers started going on the bridge, kicking the shooters, milling about, many weren't wearing shoes. The Aussie police were unable to do crowd-control. The people just pushed right on past them and around them.

Knowing what I now know after having listened to Sarah's videos for a while, I thought to myself, in the Homeland Attack operation that milling about, totally unprepared crowd were sitting ducks, extra-ordinarily vulnerable to a second round of attacks. It was dangerous. Civilians, regular everyday people who have never had to think like this, or even imagine it, were in danger. I'll post more on this later, when I post some information on things like active shooter drills.

I wouldn't be surprised if that shooting was a test op, testing responses of people, law enforcement, first responders and so on.

The two shooters at Bonde Beach, while they showed some training, were not trained to the level that the Homeland Attack terrorist teams have been trained. The training of the terrorists of the larger planned attack are equivalent to US Tier 1 Operators; Special Forces, Rangers, Navy Seals... that caliber of training and capabilities. And their numbers are high, they will probably overwhelm local law enforcement, and without precautions put in place to keep in mind the secondary attacks, the first responders will probably also be overwhelmed, or completely taken out.

This is some very serious business. I genuinely hope nothing happens. But there are too many early indicators to ignore.

The video I'm sharing here is a pretty good overview. It's less than an hour, it especially speaks to civilians and what they can do to prepare and protect themselves and their loved ones. I'll share more information on this in upcoming posts.

“Three Times 9/11” - Sarah Adams Warns Major Terror Attack Hitting U.S. Soon | Ep. 6, The David Rutherford Show-20250929

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=S94xoUjR09o

David Rutherford sits down with Sarah Adams, former CIA targeter and national security analyst, to expose what could be the largest coordinated terrorist plot since 9/11. From airline plots to Mumbai-style city sieges to community-level attacks, Adams lays out how al-Qaeda, ISIS, and allied networks have re-formed, re-trained, and infiltrated the West. She reveals:

• How terrorists are uniting through family marriages and proxy armies
• Why 12 airliners could be targeted in a single day
• The alarming truth about sleeper cells inside the U.S.
• How America’s own evacuation pipelines were exploited by terrorists
• Why intelligence agencies are failing to adapt

Timestamps:
00:00 - The massive terror attack planned on the U.S.
02:32 - ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and other groups are joining forces
05:19 - How do we get U.S. intelligence to focus on this?
09:04 - Sleeper Cells: how they’re formed, how they get into the U.S., and where they are going in the U.S.
29:48 - How are local police reacting to this?
34:15 - What can civilians do to prepare for this? increase your SA (Situational Awareness)
37:08 - How can the government prepare for this?

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Lots of schools, universities, and businesses have active shooter training and videos and drills. I watched several and while they all talk about RUN, HIDE, FIGHT, they don't go very much in-depth.

This video, with Clint Emerson, is hands down the best video (YouTube) training I've seen on the RUN, HIDE, FIGHT active shooter strategy. It was done several years ago, but he goes much more in depth and it can jog some thinking on the topic.

For example, in the flow of my own life, the most vulnerable scenario for me is grocery shopping. So, I'll offer some of my thinking on that ... lets say there's an active shooter, I know where the exits are in the store. I would not head to the main exits. Depending on where I'm at in the store, I would head to one of three exists. All three exits are not exits that most people would think to go to. And from each of those three exits, there is a plan for me to go from cover to cover to a point pre-agreed up by my husband and myself.

Beyond that, I tend to shop at a time where there are not many people in the store. It's less likely to be a prime target at that time of day and that time of week. Also, while moving from cover to cover, I would zig-zag, stop/start, make myself a more difficult target to get a line of shot on.

Watch the video, and this will make more sense. Share you own thoughts on this. It's a very practical, and therefore, empowering plan/skill to learn.

A Navy SEAL Reveals How To Survive An Active Shooter

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=5pgxzPoxv4w