Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1998, kua arotahi atu a O'Neill ki a Osama bin Laden, ā, kua waihanga i tētahi tēpu al-Qaeda ki tōna wehenga. I te marama o Akuhata 1998, e rua nga whare karere o te United States i whakaekehia
i roto i ngā whakaeke kotahi i Nairobi, Kenya, me Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. I tūmanako a O'Neill kia uru atu ia ki te rangahau nā te mea he nui te mōhio ki te whatunga kaiwhakatuma a Osama bin Laden, a al-Qaeda. I whakatenatena ia i te Tumuaki o te FBI a Freeh kia tukua tana tari ki te whakahaere i te take, ā, ka mea te kaiwhakawā, a Mary Jo White, "I roto i te rangahau i ngā whakaeke i ō mātou whare karere i Awherika ki te Rāwhiti, i waihangahia e John O'Neill te tauira mō ngā rangahau angitu o te whakatumatuma ā-ao huri noa i te ao".