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#2 || White-collar criminal turned whistleblower

12/1/2015

 

​'The top executives from Enron, WorldComm, and ADM — we went to jail for narcissism.' Mark Whitacre was the FBI informant in one of the biggest price-fixing cases in US history, against global food conglomerate Archer Daniels Midland. While undercover, he was convicted for embezzlement, lost his whistleblower immunity, and spent almost a decade in federal prison. Mark is played by Matt Damon in the film The Informant!, and today, spreads his story of redemption and second chances.

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#1 || Drug cop turned drug war critic

11/16/2015

 

​"When you call something a war, everyone believes that they're a warrior." Neill Franklin is a former Maryland State Police Major, who oversaw 17 drug task forces. Take a ride on his journey from narcotics agent to vocal critic of the drug war and Executive Director of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP).

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