Inside The Biggest US Navy Security Breach: The Rise of Fat Leonard

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🗓️ 29 November 2024

⏱️ 108 minutes

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The November Book of the Month is FAT LEONARD by Craig Whitlock. Fat Leonard is the gripping account of one of the most explosive corruption scandals in American history. This is the story of how Leonard Glenn Francis, a charismatic Malaysian defense contractor, orchestrated a massive scheme of bribery, fraud, and espionage that targeted the U.S. Navy, cost American taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, and jeopardized national security. • Craig Whitlock is an investigative journalist for The Washington Post, three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, and #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Afghanistan Papers. • To learn more, follow Craig on X @CraigMWhitlock SPONSORS TARGETED: BEIRUT – The first in Jack’s new non-fiction series https://www.officialjackcarr.com/books/targeted-beirut/ Bravo Company Manufacturing: Visit us on the web at http://jackcarr.co/bcm and on Instagram @BravoCompanyUSA.com SIG: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the legendary SIG SAUER P226. Learn more here - https://jackcarr.co/SIG40thP226 Jack Carr Gear: Explore the gear here - https://jackcarr.co/gear

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0:00.0	He's a very charismatic individual, but Leonard Francis was a con man.
0:05.0	His whole business model revolved around getting U.S. Navy personnel to look the other way so he could gouge the hell out of them.
0:14.0	He knew how to slowly reel people in, and by the time maybe they got worried about it, it was too late. He was renowned for taking commanding officers and admirals to these splendiferous dinners, these banquets,
0:27.6	in some of Asia's finest restaurants.
0:29.6	What were some of his most extravagant bribes and parties?
0:33.6	Just to give you one example of the obscenity of it. Welcome to the Jack Carr Book Club.
1:03.4	The November Book of the Month was Fat Leonard by Craig Whitlock, and I am joined today
1:08.4	by Craig Whitlock, investigative journalist and author. But before we
1:12.1	get into that, the December book of the month is The Shadow of War by Jeff Shara, a novel of
1:18.5	the Cuban Missile Crisis. You can go to my website, official jackcar.com, click on book club
1:23.7	and find an independent bookstore where you can get 15% off this book for Jack Car
1:29.5	Book Club members. So get ready for Jeff Sharah's The Shadow of War before December. And now,
1:36.8	without further ado, let's jump in to Fat Leonard by Craig Whitlock. Oh, look at that. This is done
1:44.1	great. Thank you. Oh, my God.
1:46.1	I knew it would when you sent it to me, but that was before all this stuff in Lebanon happened.
1:52.0	So wild. Timing was incredible, but it really explains the history behind it all. You know,
1:58.4	lays it all out. So, I mean, fantastic work, but, you know,
2:02.0	it's a real service to everybody to understand what's going on over there now. Thank you.
2:06.3	Appreciate that. That was the idea. Of course, I had no clue that it would be as timely as it
2:10.6	became. But I also knew, I mean, so much respect for you and all you do with what you're
2:16.4	reporting on a daily basis and then the
2:18.6	books of course because doing everything legally properly ethically all of those things that come
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