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TIL The FBI Hostage Rescue Team was conceived after FBI Director William H. Webster witnessed a demonstration by Delta Force. When he inquired as to why the men did not carry handcuffs, an operator replied "We put two rounds in the forehead. The dead don't need handcuffs."

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