Editing John P. O'Neill (section)

==Early life==
O'Neill was born in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]], on February 6, 1952. As a child, his favorite television show was ''[[The F.B.I. (TV series)|The F.B.I.]]'',<ref name="pbs"/> a [[Crime film|crime drama]] based around true cases the bureau had handled. In 1971, after graduating from [[Holy Spirit High School (New Jersey)|Holy Spirit High School]], he enrolled at [[American University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] While there, O'Neill also started working at the FBI's Washington headquarters, first as a fingerprint clerk and later as a tour guide.<ref name=graff>{{Cite book |last=Graff |first=Garrett M. |title=The Threat Matrix: The FBI at War in the Age of Global Terror |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vVVLVEApMLkC |publisher=Little, Brown & Company |year=2011 |isbn=9780316068604}}</ref>{{rp|page=198}} He graduated with a degree in administration of justice from American University in 1974 and later obtained a [[master's degree]] in [[Forensic science|forensics]] from [[George Washington University]].