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FBI AGENT: "We Tipped Him Off" & The Cartel Sleeper Cells (Dan Brunner)
Season 1
Episode 118
Published 3 days ago
Description
The Nancy Guthrie investigation didn't just go cold; it was sabotaged from the inside. Former FBI agent Dan Brunner joins Joe Pags to reveal the disastrous decision made by FBI Headquarters that overruled the agents on the ground. By releasing the doorbell video too early, did the Bureau give the kidnapper the signal he needed to destroy evidence and vanish?
In this episode:
- The Fatal Mistake: Why releasing the video "tipped off" the suspect and allowed him to dump distinctive evidence.
- Agents vs. HQ: Brunner reveals that case agents begged leadership not to release the footage—and were ignored.
- The "Tip" Flood: How the FBI buried themselves in tens of thousands of useless leads while the real bad guy escaped.
- Sleeper Cells Activated: Brunner shifts gears to warn about CJNG operations in places like Montana and the specific "retaliation playbook" cartels are using to target Americans on U.S. soil.
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