Douglas Farah is the co-author of Merchant of Death, Money, Guns, Planes. He says that Victor Boot trafficked weapons to Charles Taylor in Liberia and other countries. The book came out a few years after Lord of War, which is the definitive movie about him. "I think Brittany Griner is in significant danger in Russia because of her sexual orientation," he said.
US officials are sending the “Merchant of Death” — a notorious arms dealer named Viktor Bout — back to Russia in exchange for the WNBA star’s release. We revisit our conversation with author Douglas Farah, author of “Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible.”
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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