Harry Samit retired from the FBI in April 2020 after a 21-year career as a Special Agent. During his time in the FBI Harry served as a case Agent and human source handler, while also performing collateral duties as a SWAT team member, SWAT observer/sniper, and Special Agent Aviator (Fixed Wing). Harry was assigned to the Minneapolis Division, working high stakes international terrorism investigations of members of Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and other violent extremist groups. He was the case Agent for the investigation of Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person convicted in a civilian court as a co-conspirator in the 9/11 attacks.

In his final assignment, Harry was assigned to recruit and operate human sources whose task it was to collect evidence and intelligence supporting terrorism investigations. This mission involved planning and then executing complex operations in the United States and in the nations of Europe, Africa, and Asia. During these overseas operations, Harry acquired extensive experience working with personnel assigned to the FBI’s Legal Attaché program and with the investigative and intelligence professionals of many friendly nations.

Before joining the FBI, Harry was an officer in the U.S. Navy for nine years. He was commissioned through the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) at the Pennsylvania State University as a Special Duty (Intelligence) Officer. Harry served for three years in Attack Squadron 35 aboard USS SARATOGA (with two operational deployments to the Mediterranean), for three years as a Defense Intelligence Agency Liaison Officer to the Canadian Forces in Ottawa, and for two years as the staff intelligence officer and an instructor at the Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN).