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Podcast: The BelTel
Episode: Dave Rupert: The Chicago trucker recruited by the FBI to spy on IRA
Description: Dave Rupert, a six and half foot tall, middle-aged trucker from Chicago, with no Irish links. Rupert was a tourist who enjoyed a pint and through a series of chance events became a trusted republican insider and then an agent working for the FBI. How did an American man with no background in republicanism end up living a double life as part of the Real IRA Army council, and why did its leader Mickey McKevitt believe him? Ciarån Dunbar is joined by Abdon Pallasch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info