Episode 8: The Political Shitstorm

Deep Cover

Pushkin Industries

True Crime, History

4.3 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Word gets out that the smugglers have a silent partner who is none other than Manuel Noriega – the ruler of Panama, a close ally, and a top CIA asset. The three kingpins (Leigh Ritch, Mike Vogel, and Steven Kalish) all testify before Congress. Noriega is indicted in federal court. Meanwhile, Ned gets a call from a Colombian woman who says she can give him intel about suppliers. Ned thinks he finally has a shot at the source.

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0:00.0	Pushkin
0:14.0	Previously on Deep Cover
0:17.0	FBI agent Ned Timman's finally had his victorious moment
0:21.0	The kingpin of the drug smuggling operation Lee Rich, aka Mr. Beach Club
0:26.0	was nabbed at the airport in Jamaica
0:28.0	and then the authorities arrested Mike Vogel, the grocery guy in Michigan
0:33.0	We had the whole SWAT team out there laying in Vogel's place all night long
0:38.0	waiting for word that they had Lee in custody
0:41.0	and once we got word then we had Vogel's house
0:46.0	And Stephen Kaelish, the smooth-talking gentleman smuggler who got in cozy with General Noriega down in Panama
0:52.0	was also behind bars
0:55.0	If you recall, Stephen had an escape plan in place
0:58.0	He had a group of mercenaries, special forces guys that he kept on retainer for this very purpose
1:04.0	I had a serious escape plan
1:07.0	Oh, I had one before I ever got arrested
1:10.0	Friend of mine's brother ran a special forces team
1:14.0	I put him on a hundred thousand dollar retainer to come and rescue me no matter where I was
1:21.0	But the special forces guys told him there was a catch
1:24.0	They could break him out but in the process someone might get killed
1:29.0	This was a problem because the gentleman smuggler was a declared pacifist
1:34.0	So what to do?
1:41.0	Lee Rich and his partner Stephen Kaelish decided to fight the charges against them
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