SPIES LIKE US Ep. 5 | “Espionage and Treason”

Infamous America

Black Barrel Media

True Crime, Documentary, History, Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Chris Boyce and Daulton Lee spiral out of control. They don’t trust each other, and then Daulton’s nightmare scenario happens. He gets arrested by Mexican police and interrogated in a secret facility. The FBI gets involved, and the plan comes crashing down. Chris and Daulton are arrested and put on trial for some of the most serious crimes in American history. Join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: blackbarrel.supportingcast.fm/join Apple users join Noiser+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons. Click the Noiser+ banner on Apple or go to noiser.com/subscriptions to get started with a 7-day free trial. On YouTube, subscribe to INFAMOUS+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons. Hit “JOIN” on the Infamous America YouTube homepage. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm4V_wVD7N1gEB045t7-V0w/featured For more details, please visit www.blackbarrelmedia.com. Our social media pages are: @blackbarrelmedia on Facebook and Instagram, and @bbarrelmedia on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On January 15, 1978, an encrypted message came across the teletype machine at the office
0:20.3	of Clarence Kelly, director of the FBI.
0:24.0	It was from the US Embassy in Mexico City, and it read,
0:28.2	subject Dalton Lee, interviewed between 709 PM and 939 PM, January 14, at Mexican Federal
0:38.1	Service HQ in Mexico City.
0:41.6	Lee waived Miranda rights.
0:44.1	Lee expressed a desire to cooperate.
0:46.7	However, he seemed evasive, and his answers did not inspire confidence in his complete
0:52.4	truthfulness.
0:54.2	Lee made the following admissions.
0:57.1	He is known the subject Christopher Boyce for 10 years.
1:01.0	They attended high school together in Palo Sveraday's, California.
1:05.2	Their activities regarding the Soviets began in the summer of 1975.
1:10.7	Delivery to Soviets of various documents including KW7 crypto cards, documents pertaining
1:17.6	to communication satellites, and other top secret documents and photographs.
1:23.3	Throughout the interview, Lee maintained that he had done nothing wrong during any of
1:27.6	his dealings with the Soviets because he understood, through discussions with Boyce, that he
1:33.2	was a subcontractor for the CIA.
1:36.9	They were disseminating false and misleading information to the Soviets.
1:42.6	What wasn't in the encrypted message to Quantico was that when Dalton Lee gave this account
1:47.6	to FBI agents in Mexico, he had already been in the custody of the Mexican Federalists
1:53.1	for more than a week.
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