FBI Agent Who Warned of Potential Terrorist Attacks On U.S. Soil to be the Subject of New Nonfiction Published by ReganBooks.

Business Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 18, 2001

For many people, September 11th was the day "the unimaginable" happened. But one FBI agent, John O'Neill, had repeatedly warned the United States government that such an attack was possible.

Ironically, O'Neill lost his own life on September 11th, just days after beginning a new job as Chief of Security for the World Trade Center. Veteran reporter Murray Weiss will reveal O'Neill's tragic and dramatic story in a new nonfiction book scheduled for publication by ReganBooks in Spring 2003.

As one of the FBI's foremost counter-terrorism experts, John O'Neill played a leading role in almost every major investigation of terrorism against Americans in the past decade, from the Oklahoma City bombing to the attack on the USS Cole. O'Neill was a dashing, larger-than-life character who irritated many members of U.S. and foreign governments with his aggressive, hands-on tactics and his insistent, repeated warnings about the possibility of an attack on U.S. soil. "Again and again, O'Neill's warnings were ignored, and on September 11th, he became a victim of the very thing he feared most. Readers will relate to John O'Neill because of his bravery in the face of evil and his conviction in the face of others' doubt," stated Judith Regan, President and Publisher of ReganBooks. "I am thrilled that this compelling story will be told by Murray Weiss, a ground-breaking journalist who knew John O'Neill well."

Murray Weiss is an award-winning investigative and criminal justice reporter with the New York Post. He has been named Man of the Year by a variety of uniformed service organizations, including the Uniformed Firefighter's Association and the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association. Weiss has broken numerous landmark stories in celebrated cases.