John T. Downey

And so what was the objective to drop these recruits into China and do what?

And so what was the objective to drop these recruits into China and do what?

Okay. Exfiltrated. I love that word.

Okay. Exfiltrated. I love that word.

Okay. Exfiltrated. I love that word.

This may have blown past people, and I just want to really put a pin in this. So the idea is this C-47, which is a large plane, gets flown over and low. And a cable is suspended downward with a winch on it, a hook, I guess.

This may have blown past people, and I just want to really put a pin in this. So the idea is this C-47, which is a large plane, gets flown over and low. And a cable is suspended downward with a winch on it, a hook, I guess.

This may have blown past people, and I just want to really put a pin in this. So the idea is this C-47, which is a large plane, gets flown over and low. And a cable is suspended downward with a winch on it, a hook, I guess.

And it catches on to the back of somebody who's running along, I suppose.

And it catches on to the back of somebody who's running along, I suppose.

And it catches on to the back of somebody who's running along, I suppose.

That's crazier than my version.

That's crazier than my version.

That's crazier than my version.

I mean, so the whole thing had been set up. The team that he thought he was communicating with, honestly, was actually already turned and sending him. They'd been doubled. Yeah, they'd been doubled. And so he was flying right into a trap. So he is taken captive along with Dick Fecteau, his partner there, and taken into prison. I imagine immediately there is word back home.

I mean, so the whole thing had been set up. The team that he thought he was communicating with, honestly, was actually already turned and sending him. They'd been doubled. Yeah, they'd been doubled. And so he was flying right into a trap. So he is taken captive along with Dick Fecteau, his partner there, and taken into prison. I imagine immediately there is word back home.

I mean, so the whole thing had been set up. The team that he thought he was communicating with, honestly, was actually already turned and sending him. They'd been doubled. Yeah, they'd been doubled. And so he was flying right into a trap. So he is taken captive along with Dick Fecteau, his partner there, and taken into prison. I imagine immediately there is word back home.

Oh my gosh, we've lost our men. There's a national emergency. The newspapers have headlines. And none of that happened. Because it was the CIA.

Oh my gosh, we've lost our men. There's a national emergency. The newspapers have headlines. And none of that happened. Because it was the CIA.

Oh my gosh, we've lost our men. There's a national emergency. The newspapers have headlines. And none of that happened. Because it was the CIA.