Thayd had an extradition treaty with the united states, which seems preposterous when it happened. He was always very cognizant of whether there were extradition treaties or not. For some reason, he decided to go to tiland. And then he said in the meetings with under cover agents that, younow, he wanted to give them weapons. He hated americans. He knew the weapons would be used to kill Americans. That's what ultimately he's convicted in the us.
Viktor Bout might be the most successful arms dealer in history. The US could let him go free if Russia releases the WNBA star, who was just sentenced to nine years in prison. Bout’s biographer, Douglas Farah, explains.
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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