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provided the military infrastructure to support iran's defenses. they were an ally. good diplomatic relations with them. then they purchased everything pretty much from the united states. their military infrastructure. >> in 1979, the shah of iran lost his reign as the supreme leader. an anti-u.s. regime took over. they took our embassy by storm. took 400-plus american diplomats hostage. november 1979, we ended all diplomatic relations with iran. iran's entire military infrastruct surbased on u.s. military products. they require u.s. parts. they could not take their military defenses down and rebuild it again. so radar, sonar, all the

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he committed to us through e-mail he was going to procure something. we'd provide banking information and the money would never come. >> we almost had nothing from him and largely wrote him off because he wasn't really dealing with us. we wrnts sure if he got spooked. saw something he didn't like, which happens, or he's just flighty and didn't want to deal with us anymore. >> it's a never-ending learning curve. running ab undercover business is a tedious process because we're really not businesspeople. >> we are trying to figure out, are we doing things the right way because we're not in this trade. what we are is pretending to be in this trade. >> we needed to learn more about the illegal international arms market. >> basically, we needed help. >> we had a confidential source, an informant from great britain named [ bleep ]. >> he had been an arms dealer

for a long time. he was extremely well known in that world. he'd been working in it for decades and had many friends and many enemies and knew a great deal about how to trafficrms illegally internationally. and he told us how he had accomplished that over his career. he was providing us with the introductory course on how to become an arms dealer. he said in terms of dealing in that marketplay, you have to see and be seen. if you're nothing but a web presence, people are going to question your legitimacy. >> you have to be at the arms shows. be at the air shows. so we ended up going to the dubai air show in 2005. >> dubai international air show is an exhibition of aircraft and it's attended by major u.s. and foreign aircraft manufacturers,

people who supply aviation components. and the whole aviation industry participates in that. if you are an international arms dealer and you're trying to acquire u.s. components, it's a great place to meet people. one of the things [ bleep ] did with us was to accompany him at the air show. in order to create a true physical presence in the marketplace. and to basically vouch for us. >> we tried to set up some meetings prior to going and once [ bleep ] reached out, we finally made contact again with ardibeli. >> we had e-mailed him and told him we were going to be there at the air show and thought it might be plausible for him to make the short flight to dubai from iran. we started engaging with him again, and he was so persistent that we thought maybe he'd be willing to meet with us.

>> we went to the dubai air show. but he didn't show up. i don't think at that point there was enough of a comfort level with us that he wanted to come and meet with us. >> we were all feeling significant pressure at this point to succeed. the department of justice is not particularly encouraging of these kinds of cases. they are highly risky from their point of view. you're spending a lot of time and resources on something without anything positive to say about it. but we felt this is the sort of thing you can't fail at. it was very important operation in our minds. that's because it was about national security. we wanted to take down international arms dealers who were actually arming an adversary of the united states. and ardibeli was a very serious threat to national security in terms of his activities as an arms dealer.

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were arming themselves with u.s. munitions. so that accentuated the importance of arresting ardibeli. we'd been at this a long time so we all felt that pressure. but it was clear to us that's it was not going to be enough for us to be operating in the way that we had been. >> so we started trying to think what we could try and do and shake up the undercover. do we need to move the platform? >> i thought from a business perspective, it might be better if we had the appearance of being a european-based company. we knew that arms dealers were especially concerned when dealing directly with a u.s. company. >> so i reached out to our attache office in germany and asked if they'd be willing to partner with us because i knew darius was on staff. darius was a special agent with homeland security, posted in

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>> so i went back to frankfurt, germany, and opened a business. >> cross international now had a european storefront that was run by darius. that took away the direct u.s./iran connection. and now that established a middle man in europe. >> and then, again, we asked [ bleep ] to vouch for us. he'd already vouched for the u.s. company. and now we asked him to tell international arms dealers that darius was who he said he was. this was a crucial moment. and so [ bleep ] sent ardibeli an e-mail saying this is somebody you may be wanting to deal with. he might be very helpful to you. and ardibeli eventually responded that he had been waiting for such an opportunity. >> it really -- it did change the game. >> he was very interested in

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ardibeli wanted to purchase 1 thous phase shifters. they're used in phase array radar. >> they tack military aircraft in the sky and are used for target, aiming and shooting. he was buying an item that would be potentially used against our air force. >> our job was to go, provide the merchandise and once he was comfortable with the merchandise, he was going to pay us the remaining amount. >> so as darius' interactions with ardibeli become more and more concrete, we're trying to determine what the end game will be. where are we going to meet with him? where are we going to arrest

him? and do we know we can extradite him from that place? >> i proposed to amir that we do the exchange of the hardware in tubulisi, georgia. georgia was a logical choice from my standpoint because it was close geographically to iran, hoping he'd feel comfortable about going there. >> ardibeli was on board with this. but you need permission from the republic of georgia to have an undercover meeting and possible arrest and extradition following that undercover meeting. >> so in august of '07, darius, p.j. and i went to the republic of georgia to meet with the police to talk to them about our operational objectives and also to meet with the prosecutor general to get her concurence with our plan. she agreed to it in concept but told me that she would need a

diplomatic note that would come from the united states to the republic of georgia making this request. so we left the republic of georgia with a deal. everything is completely on track for success. >> it was myself, john melandra, dave hall and darius that travelled to republic of georgia to do the undercover meet. >> aucoctober 1st was a monday. we arrived at the republic of georgia that weekend. darius is communicating with ardibeli and telling him, i'm in georgia. i'm ready for you. >> on the dave ardibeli's arrival at the tblisi airport, we're going to be keeping eyes on darius. we want to make sure darius certainly was safe. second of all, we wanted to see if we made that first goal with ardibeli, his arrival. you never know if they're going

to show up. >> at the time this was a high anxiety event. we can do everything right but the bad guy has to commit the crime to make this a success. the mood of the moment was tense. >> and then he appeared. we certainly saw ardibeli and immediately almost attached to him was what appeared to be an 80-year-old man. and dave and i looked at each other and say, who is that? >> there's this other guy with him. we don't know who this guy is. we're thinking all kinds of things. is this an iranian intelligence services officer? who is this guy? so now we have this other person in the mix. we have no idea really who he is or what he's -- or what he's doing there. but outside, darius is wearing wrap-around shades. he's got these huge bodyguards

next to him. >> i met amir at the baggage claim. now as it turns out, he was with his father. >> ardibeli says it's my dad. agewise, it looks about right. but we're still wondering, why do you bring your father to this arms deal in the republic of georgia? >> i looked in amir's eyes. a host of body language cues you can pick up from someone in that situation. but there was no apprehension in him whatsoever. so it seemed like we were good to go. >> we worked with the georgians ahead of time to set up the two-day sting. the room itself was completely wired. we had a room next door to that that was a staging room where we had all the equipment and extra personnel to surveil it.

and then the entire hotel was basically under surveillance as well. >> we made a plan for what information we were trying to get from him. for example, we wanted more admissions as to his knowledge this was illegal under u.s. law. we wanted him to explain that he knew these were military components. and then, of course, we wanted to complete the transactions. this is where darius and p.j. would do what they had to do. and become international arms dealers. >> when an undercover is doing his or her job properly, they are operating on different levels simultaneously. the first level is we're being cognizant of the cameras and microphones so that the right people are facing the right camera at the right time. >> if you gentlemen would like

to drink tea or coffee or whatever -- >> another level you see is working is performing for the primary audience. that's the suspect. >> whatever you want to drink, we will have the people downstairs make for you. >> it was consistent with my role to be as charming as possible. every case might be very different. i have, on occasion, done the exact opposite, trying to raise somebody's anxiety level when it served a purpose. the work of an undercover is similar to that of a high-priced call girl. i am what you want me to be. >> tea. >> tea, tea. >> and making amir as happy and comfortable as possible was likely to disarm him. >> same version? same as the --

>> we purported ourselves to be essentially cousins and very close in a business relationship. and i didn't know darius very well. so the level of nervousness, it's very, very stressful. you have to remember, i was fairly new to the job. if you think of someone that goes undercover, it's not me necessarily. it's also scary as hell. you have to think about what you're doing all the time. if darius and i weren't on the same page with ardibeli was to figure out what was going on. obviously, that's not good for us. >> [ inaudible ]. >> every moment in the case it could fall apart. >> well, we have the same blood, but his side of the family married into irish. i am more eastern europe.

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whatever you want to drink, we'll have the people downstairs make for you. >> we had just succeeded in getting ard belly from iran to the republic of georgia. but we needed to get significant information in order to make this case happen. this is where darius and p.j. would do what they had to do. >> let me show you something here. >> it was consistent with my role as the undercover to be as charming as possible. >> so that you have memory of this time in georgia -- >> making amir as happy and comfortable as possible was likely to disarm him. >> these are pictures of my country. >> thank you very much. >> the uc must not be merely

credible and convincing. the uc must demonstrate complete psychological domination. once we got through with our elaborate pleasantries, we got down to business. >> how much is it? >> 1,000. >> 1,000. >> we did have flash chips. we had gone to make them, the manufacturer, and they put together a box that were real chips on top and blanks underneath that looked just like real chips. and the idea was he would accept delivery and then wire the rest of the money to our undercover account. >> i think i could provide money for you for two weeks -- >> in two weeks we get the rest of the payment? >> phase shifters track military aircraft in the sky and are used for targeting, aiming and shooting them. and for our evidence, we needed darius to get him to say that he

knew that these were military components. >> 50,000 pieces of -- >> why are you buying so many? >> the next level of the uc is performing for the jury. >> they are making a special radar. >> rudder? >> radar. >> radar, yes. >> one needs to get the information and the evidence clearly to be successful. >> yeah, this would be used for radar. >> for protection. >> day two, which was october 2nd, we wanted more admissions as to his knowledge this was illegal under u.s. law. >> we needed him to make redundant acknowledgments of

that. >> a lark netwo-- large network people working together. >> darius was trying to have ardibeli acknowledge and admit he was involved in an unlawful act with his co-conspirators, patrick and darius, and that he understood this was a conspiracy. he was breaking the law. but darius didn't want to use the word conspiracy. >> this large group of people, this collective compass of acquiring military equipment. we are all working together. >> yes. >> they are having this conversation and it's kind of a circle conversation. they're talking about it and talking about it because some words don't translate from farsi to english very well. and lo and behold in the hotel tbilisi hotel room there's four books on the room and one, just by chance, is an american dictionary. >> i need to look at your

connection connections. you are calling this -- this network or -- >> darius referred to it once as the magic show. and that's actually a pretty accurate description because it's all an illusion to get ardibeli to say what they need. >> all of these people, they're all together, conspiracy. when all are agreeing. it's a conspiracy. >> yes. >> they are all trying to get weapons and parts. >> so that kind of solidified the fact he understood he was in a conspiracy to acquire these parts illegally. >> and this is so illegal what we are doing. you know this? you know it is against the law but i tell you in america, this is dangerous. >> yes. >> darius is extremely

intelligent. i used to tell him he's playing chess. most others are playing checkers. >> i turn off the light. black market. >> good illustration. >> no misunderstandings. >> no. i really know. >> we prove he has knowledge of what he's doing. he knows it's illegal. he knows these components were for military purposes. >> if you can give us more information on what the customer is wanting, then we can start the relationships today. >> so now at this point, we wanted to see if he knew what iran's military intent was. >> if the united states come to war and the government could defense with war because they think the war is coming. >> we asked him what he wanted the technology for.

and he said the iranian government wanted it because they were preparing for war with the united states. that was in 2007. it's very scary. >> at the end of it all, he said, it was his way of saying they feared the united states was going to attack iraq. >> so he does understand what it's for. i don't think he cared because he was a businessman trying to make money. this is how he was going to make money. now of course what we needed was to complete the transaction. >> at this point i said we have

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the sting, the arrest, every single thing i did was directed towards that final goal. >> the take-down team was in position to arrest him. we were arrested together essentially and they quickly took amir and his father. >> they made it look like they were arresting patrick and darius. >> they were released pretty quickly and i was released and then the georgians took over and took him to to their facility and were booking him on local charges. >> the crimes were export control laws and money law d laundering laws.

>> he was brought back to the united states in 2008. he pled guilty and received a sentence on all of those counts of five years. >> only five years? >> the sentence, if you want my personal opinion that sentence was too low and the sentences for all arms exporting defendants are too low. the judge was following the sentencing guidelines and in that context it was an appropriate sentence. so he served his sentence and was deported back to iran. >> a fair amount of resources were put in to pget amir over a number of years. we also got his network. >> we had his laptop and we were

using the laptop to develop cases against people we suspected had been his sources of supply in the united states. ultimately we did a number of spinoff investigations and charged something like 11 individuals and companies who had been suppliinvolved in supp ardibili. you need to be an optimist and drive forward. that is why john was so important, darius, p.j. it was a perfect storm of people. >> my guess is there are several thousand types around the world trying to obtain u.s. military technology to ultimately one day

use it against the united states. >> for many we that exsense waited arresting other people like him. this is what the united states needs to be doing. >> i want people to know that counter proliferation and the result of proliferation of our technology have dire consequences. the united states still that has technological edge in the balance of fields. if we hope to maintain that we have to watch out for the proliferationf our technology. >> i believe that it's alms a good thing to make a case against anyone who is genuinely involved in the black market arms trade. douglas mcarthur said war is a

lost eyelash. every time we make an apprehension there's a chill that goes all over the industry. it truly is the shot heard around the world. as a former fbi agent and chairman of the house intelligence committee, i had oversight of all 16 of our nation's intelligence agencies. i had access to classified information gathered by our operatives. people who risked everything for the united states and our families. you don't know their faces or their names. you don't know the real stories from the people who lived the fear and the pressure, until now. there was a cuban agent with access to classified information, placing our entire nation's future at risk. >> the spy was almost certainly in our building.