Just a heads up, if you’re looking to do “alcoholic reacts to day drinking scenes”, I’m available

“Including Ruby Ridge and Waco” .... might leave that off the resume.

This guy's first hand stories are far more interesting than his comments on Hollywood portrayals.

“You gotta improvise, adapt, overcome” ... ah, a man of culture

Man has some stones to admit to having a hand in Ruby Ridge and Waco seeing as both situations are controversial to say the least

Gotta give him props for rating the movie clip he was actually in a 10/10 😆

imagine crawling into a hornets nest and not making a sound or sudden movement when they sting the shit out of you. that's some inhuman levels of focus.

The SECOND he said he was at Ruby Ridge and Waco I SPRINTED to the comments knowing they'd be gold

Now we need a former hostage individual to react to people being rescued as well.

Him pulling out all those weapons out of nowhere made me laugh out loud for some reason.

Chris Whitcomb: Breaks down each scene with an objective critique of methods used Waco Siege: "I'm not going to talk about what went right, what went wrong"

Ruby Ridge and Waco...not exactly highlights of a resume

For reference, Waco had both the FBI and the ATF present heavily involved in the siege, while the Ruby Ridges siege had FBI do much more of the grunt work at ground level. This should give you all the context you need as to why an FBI HRT guy was (relatively) more open about why Waco was such a fuckup but said very little about Ruby Ridges.

Amazed he was willing to put his name against waco. Was a shit show on their end

Next video, "ATF Agent reacts to Dog Movies."

ATF and HRT seemed really upset about Waco when posing photos in front of the burnt down building.

after seeing him picking up various weapons from a desk I thought he might have a grenade launcher somewhere in a fridge

"I'm a negotiating and hostage rescue expert." "I was at Ruby Ridge and Waco." You have to pick one, my man.

Their chief weapons are: 1) surprise 2) fear 3) ruthless efficiency 4) almost fanatical devotion to their job 5) nice black uniforms

Ooof. Don’t know if I’d lead by saying, “I was part of Ruby Ridge and Waco”…

R6 players: *FURIOUSLY TAKING NOTES*

FBI- throws incendiary tear gas in a flammable structure. Building-catches fire FBI- surprised pikachu face

"Australian Rappelling" is called Karabiner run-down in Australia - or at least by the SASR who taught it as part of reservist training. To make it more exciting we had to construct our personal body harnesses out of twine! Never has correct knot tying been of such importance to me :-)

I love how he just suddenly summoned a shotgun lol

*watches exactly 30 seconds* OOF comments are gonna be fantastic on this one boys

I feel like he would have had that arsenal within arm's reach regardless of the interview.

“Including Ruby Ridge and Waco” oof. What's the next video? "I was a secret service agent in 1963"?

I love how he dances around the fact that the shot at Ruby Ridge hit a woman holding a baby. You can blame Janet Reno and the ATF for how Waco turned out.

would have liked to see him talk about The Negotiator with Sam Jackson.

He looks like Benedict Cumberbatch in his old photos

When he said about Ruby Ridge I did think…’wait, didn’t that go really badly and a woman was killed in a situation at best described as poor decision making’

If this guy rates the Waco and Ruby Ridge movies as zeroes I wonder what he rates what really happened.

I love that the two “highlights” of this guys career are two of the biggest hostage blunders in fbi history.

12:28 "...also if I need to go to the toilet I have this gun (pulls out a silenced Mac10). And I have this under my pillow (pulls out a .44 Magnum)"

14:38 Leaves out the part where the wife was bodied by the sniper while she was holding a baby.... Let that sink in.

The irony of someone who was at Waco saying "knowing when and how to pull a trigger"

ex-FBI agent rating movies how real it is (pulls out gun) oh damn he strapped 🤣

Him acting like Waco wasn’t the atf’s fault

Using this guy to rate these movies is like using Harold Shipman to rate Medical Dramas

Not too inspiring when the two examples he gives were massive failures...

It's good to hear about the frustration from the people on the ground at Waco, basically having to try to save lives while blindfolded and one hand ties behind your back. Before hearing stories like Chris's, I assumed everyone was on the same page about building up a small army with the pretence of rescue. Now I know differently

Can you guys do a "Nuclear Engineer Rates Radiation/Meltdown scenes in movies"? I have contacts I can get you in touch with

All films discussed: 0:33 Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) 2:53 Captain Phillips (2013) 4:07 Die Hard (1988) 5:13 6 Days (2017) 7:52 The Dark Knight (2008) 8:46 The Taking Of Pelham 123 (2009) 10:33 Patriots Day (2016) 12:52 NCIS S7E9 (2009) 14:10 The Siege At Ruby Ridge (1996) 16:09 WACO S1E6 (2018)

I love how he gives the movie he is starring in a 10/10.

At 9:07 that's the most impressed I've ever been in awhile. No matter what you train, nothing's gonna prepare you for getting fk'd by a swarm of angry hornets. Dude just takes the beating? Wtf man

I'd love to see him do the same with video game missions and cutscenes of a similar type, like the killhouse tutorial from the original Modern Warfare

I would have loved to hear more of his opinion on other countries operation. For example the movie about the retaking of flight 8969 by GIGN operators. Hope there'll be another episode.

Hostage rescue expert- lI was involved in Waco and ruby ridge..........” Yeah I probably wouldn’t have opened up the video with that info....

So the lesson here is this if you make a movie about this man and any operations he was a part of get it right or you'll receive the roasting of a lifetime. 😆

I wish he had done the Final Option, and the scene in Civil War where GSG9 went in after Bucky while Cap was there.

It's like he was proud of Waco and ruby ridge

I have great respect for the skills and discipline of HRT troopers. Rangers, SEALs, SF and Delta guys speak very highly of their professionalism and consummate competence. That being said, the his comments about Ruby Ridge and Waco really made me cringe. Many people involved, including HRT guys, have previously spoken to how screwed up it all was - especially how they were sent in to clean up ATF's messes. But Mr. Whitcomb basically blasts these movies for not being pro-law enforcement propaganda pieces. -The Ruby Ridge movie was made for TV that aired in '96 about a disastrously controversial shootout in Idaho in '92 under the Clinton administration. Clinton was President (Head of Executive Branch) from 1992-2000 with Janet Reno as his AG (Head of Justice Department) during that entire period . So while this film was being made, do you think the producers of this movie were given access to the US Marshal, ATF, or FBI agents (all Justice Dept) involved in the intimate planning details of the event so they could get all the government details right? Weak... * By the way, the Justice Department was so anxious to sweep the controversy under the rug that instead of being punished or reprimanded in any way, the 'elite' snipe who mistakenly shot Weaver's unarmed wife in the head through a curtained window while she held her infant -and then perjured himself in sworn court testimony about the incident -was awarded a medal. The bureau's special agent in charge of the overall siege at Ruby Ridge was promoted to Deputy Director of the FBI. No one involved in that debacle was fired or prosecuted in any way. -He says the only thing that's right about the Waco series was the building reproduction, and then proceeds to validate every scene shown. His gripe is that they didn't adequately convey how caring and compassionate the besieging government agents were. Even weaker. In no way were these incidents black and white, good vs. evil. But he certainly makes it seem that way. For all I know, nothing in his own personal performance of duty in the aforementioned events would tarnish his reputation, but this certainly seems like close-ranks-never-narc cop mentality here.

Advise: it's not easy irl

Was involved in Waco and Ruby ridge- weird flex

"You wouldn't fire an automatic weapon with civilians around" says the guy who participated in Waco and Ruby Ridge.

This FBI dude who was at Waco: "We don't shoot from helicopters." Me: "Uhh, I'm pretty sure there is enough evidence to suggest otherwise at Waco."

Die Hard is a Christmas Movie

Ruby ridge and Waco are not good things to be on your resume

the story about the hornet nest just freaked me out, like i would die

Really got some brass balls admitting you were at Ruby Ridge and WACO, jeeesus

I love how he said ruby ridge and Waco like those weren’t both huge blunders on behalf of the FBI negotiators

I like how you only mentioned how you did 2 botched, infamous raids

He was part of ruby ridge Idaho. The most notorious failure by FBI, Marshals and ATF.

This video has awesome content ,cheers for the insights 👏🏻

We need more ditches

Oh, Ruby Ridge and Waco. Hey great job, guy.

Idk if being involved with Ruby Ridge and Waco is something I would brag about.

Not entirely sure a guy involved in both ruby ridge and Waco is the best guy to ask what’s good or not. But having said that he’s probably the perfect guy because, right or wrong in anyone’s pov, he’s seen it and done. It’s easy to judge someone after the fact, Monday morning quarterbacking if you will, but difficult to actually put yourself in the moment.

I love die hard to! A true Christmas classic.

I like action movies generally, but when it is easy to tell something is ridiculous it takes away from the scene

“I’m not gonna talk about what they did right and what they did wrong” when it comes to Waco, everything you did was wrong

Wait......waco and ruby ridge went " hostage rescues " they were public assassinations

Ruby Ridge was a siege, not a hostage situation. There was nobody in need of rescuing on that property.

love all these videos

I see Richard Branson has finally cut his hair... and joined the FBI

This is amazing

FBI's HRT team... Basically the seal team 6 of law enforcement...

Chris, I love Cold Zero, read it about 10 years ago and I will have to break it out again!! Fellow Granite Stater, keep up the great work!!

Chilling. Great perspective.

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LOL now I kinda wanna see the hornets nest situation in a movie but no, NOT THE BEES

Wait what!!!! The commitment to this video..... Respect

Don't understand how Ruby Ridge and Waco would be considered 'hostage rescue' situations, as no one had been taken hostage in either situation to begin with. If the goal of the 'rescue' team was always to "save as many lives as possible", whose lives exactly were they trying to save when they went in and took the lives of innocent people just living in their homes whom the FBI had raided? Smfh

I like how you say that Waco isn’t accurate but then point out absolutely no falsehoods and pretty much just tell us to trust you on it

A few more movie hostage rescues I'd recommend for analysis: Robocop, Universal Soldier, Executive Decision, Munich, Navy SEALs, Heat, Speed, The Untouchables, The Way of the Gun, and Dog Day Afternoon.

he almost taught a chapter about hostage rescue....... kudos, hats-off for these professionals.💐💐💐💐💐

The thing about the rescue of Captain Philips was very impressive as four Navy SEAL snipers had to synchronize their shots together. Three of the snipers had their target dialed it, it was the fourth one that they had to wait the longest for, and once the fourth sniper locked in the fourth target, it was when they all shot in perfect sync. It was truly remarkable and testament of their skills. I believe that Jocko, in his breakdown of that scene, said that he thought the commander who ordered the snipers to shoot was micromanaging. From what I recall - this was years ago- the snipers took the shots together without being told. What also made the execution of the pirates was that Philips stayed in the same spot during the entire ordeal and it made the snipers' job a little bit easier. The lifeboat being kept on a leash to the cargo ship, bobbing on the ocean, and the wearing off of khat made the pirates so queasy, it was bound to happen the snipers will send the pirates to meet their maker.

Two operations, Waco & Ruby Ridge that went horribly wrong beyond explanation. Can’t say I’d want him negotiating my release.

I was a designated marksman in the direct action platoon in force recon, depending on the situation when we did MIO(maritime interdiction operation) taking ships at see we had both Helo insertion and overwatch with zodiacs bringing more in at the fantail. Caving ladders were used to get up into the main deck of the ship and men fast roped into the command deck. In all clearing and taking command of the ship took some time. Giant cargo ships have so many hiding places plus you have to find what they were trying to smuggle in country. Lots of fun!! Man I miss it sometimes!!

thank you for your service sir

liked your reaction.......interesting to hear that you were actually in some of these real sits.

So glad they included that scene from NCIS. I feel like that show doesn't get talked about enough, and that was a scene I was thinking of when I saw the title of this video. Also huge respect to Mr. Whitcomb for not trying to downplay or sugar coat anything. The man clearly knows what he is talking about and cares deeply about what he did. Respect.

If he was in ruby Ridge and Waco, i'd take my chances with the hostage takers. These were fuckcrap disasters and I don't think he should ever mention them in his resume

Ruby Ridge and Waco were both disasters this guy does not deserve to be on here

I don't know if I'd be bragging about being involved in Waco or Ruby Ridge

Ruby Ridge and Waco? Bang up job you did there Captain Kill Squad.

Putting Ruby Ridge and Waco on your resume is nothing to be proud of

I would love to hear this gentleman's take on "The Negotiator" and "Raid on Entebbe"

hes an expert alright. who in there right mind would admit to being near waco

I don't see the reason in blaming him for the decisions at Waco and Ruby Ridge when he didn't have any authority in making decisions. He never said he defended the choices made in the two situations, in fact he quite plainly stated that horrible decisions were made and it ended poorly for everyone. He's here to give accurate insight into film scenes and he did that expertly.