Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pokurambwa nokuda kwokukwidziridzwa kwakawanda (kune mutevedzeri womutungamiriri anotarisira kuchengeteka kwenyika muna 1999 uye kumutungamiriri wehofisi yeNew York yeFBI mukuvamba kwa2000), O'Neill akafara kugoverwa somutungamiriri weFBI's investigation into the
Kuputika kwebhomba reU.S.S. "Cole" muna October 2000. Zvisinei, paakasvika muYemen, akanyunyuta nezvokusachengeteka kwakakwana. Apo boka rake rakanga richitsvakurudza, O'Neill akapesana naBarbara Bodine, mumiriri weU.S. muYemen. Vaviri ava vaive nemaonero akasiyana zvikuru pamusoro pekuti vangabata sei nekutsvaga kwepfuma yeYemeni, uye kubvunzurudza vagari nevakuru vehurumende, uye vakangokura vachipesana nekufamba kwenguva.