0 1 ▁attacks ▁on ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁which ▁killed ▁nearly ▁ 3 0 0 0 ▁people , ▁and ▁which ▁appeared ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁terror ist ▁attack ▁that ▁Mass oud ▁had ▁war ned ▁against ▁in ▁his ▁speech ▁to ▁the ▁European ▁Parliament ▁several ▁months ▁earlier . ▁ ▁John ▁P . ▁O ' Ne ill ▁was ▁a ▁counter - ter ror ism ▁expert ▁and ▁the ▁Ass istant ▁Director ▁of ▁the ▁F BI ▁until ▁late ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁He ▁retired ▁from ▁the ▁F BI ▁and ▁was ▁offered ▁the ▁position ▁of ▁director ▁of ▁security ▁at ▁the ▁World ▁Trade ▁Center ▁( W TC ). ▁He ▁took ▁the ▁job ▁at ▁the ▁W TC ▁two ▁weeks ▁before ▁ 9 / 1 1 . ▁On ▁September ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁O ' Ne ill ▁alleg edly ▁told ▁two ▁of ▁his ▁friends , ▁" We ' re ▁due . ▁And ▁we ' re ▁due ▁for ▁something ▁big .... ▁Some ▁things ▁have ▁happened ▁in ▁Afghan istan . ▁[ refer ring ▁to ▁the ▁assass ination ▁of ▁Mass oud ] ▁I ▁don ' t ▁like ▁the ▁way ▁things ▁are ▁l ining ▁up ▁in ▁Afghan istan ... I ▁sense ▁a ▁shift , ▁and ▁I ▁think ▁things ▁are ▁going ▁to ▁happen ... so on ." ▁O ' Ne ill ▁died ▁on ▁September ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁when ▁the ▁South ▁Tower ▁col lapsed . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁terror ist ▁attacks ▁of ▁September ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁Mass