Writer David Brock gives us the inside story of how we got to this point of bitterness. It is not a pretty story. (11 minutes)
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Act One: Gym Rat
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Act Two
The story of Craig Monteilh continues: What happens when you turn someone into the FBI who, it turns out, is working for the FBI? Trevor Aaronson, whom Sam Black interviewed for this story, has a book called The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI’s Manufactured War on Terrorism.
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