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Episode 3: The Day

Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra

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Leon Lewis and the US Naval Intelligence

Leon Lewis infiltrated pro-Nazi groups and tried to foil their plots from the inside. He sewed discord and distrust among members of these groups, he made them paranoid about spies. After getting a tip from Leon Lewis, US naval intelligence agents did go out and arrest two Marine corporals who were stationed in San Diego. The government's botched prosecution of the Christian Front in 1940 meant that those guys had gotten away.

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