Episode 9: 1989
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08/31/20 • 43 min
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Ned gets too close with a female source, a dangerous move that stands to end his marriage and perhaps even his career at the FBI. Meanwhile, tensions between the U.S. and Noriega ramp up. President Bush calls for an invasion of Panama. The final act in our saga ends with a full blown war.
The first version of Ned’s unpublished novel was written by James Coyne and edited by Andrea McLaughlin. Voice acting by Walton Goggins.
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Ned gets too close with a female source, a dangerous move that stands to end his marriage and perhaps even his career at the FBI. Meanwhile, tensions between the U.S. and Noriega ramp up. President Bush calls for an invasion of Panama. The final act in our saga ends with a full blown war.
The first version of Ned’s unpublished novel was written by James Coyne and edited by Andrea McLaughlin. Voice acting by Walton Goggins.
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Deep Cover - Episode 9: 1989
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Pushkin previously on deep cover. In the mid nineteen eighties, the FBI took down a massive drug smuggling ring which was importing huge loads of marijuana from Colombia into the United States with the help of agent Ned Timmins. The three ring leaders were caught and imprisoned. Case closed, or so it appeared, until one of the ringleaders, Stephen Kaylish, revealed that there was a silent partner, and he was none other than General Manuel Noriega
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