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Hi everyone, it's George Stephanopoulos.

I am so glad you chose Truth in lies the informant as your next listen.

This podcast tells the harrowing true story of an ordinary man turned unlikely hero,

a father and husband who risked it all to save the lives of total strangers targeted by hateful homegrown extremists.

After you listen, check out my documentary The Informant, Fear and Faith in the Heartland, it's now streaming on Hulu.

It features many of the people you'll hear in this series, including the host of this podcast Dick Lair.

Now, here's Truth in lies the informant from ABC Audio.

This episode features secret FBI recordings that contain profanity and other offensive language

were including them in their unedited form to convey the full impact of this hateful rhetoric.

I can make it look like a fucking accident and kill a bunch of the motherfuckers and not even be involved.

In the summer of 2016, a group of men in rural southwest Kansas spent months forming a dangerous militia group

imploding what could have been the worst domestic terror attack in US history.

This was recorded on July 9, 2016 in the midst of a combative presidential election, where Islamophobia sometimes took center stage.

I think Islam hates us. There's something there that is a tremendous hatred.

And this is a story of one place that rhetoric spread to.

I'm Dick Lair. I'm a journalist, a professor and an author.

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