. >> the dea's target, suspected drug manufacturer, william leonard picard. >> william leonard picard was truly an anomaly. this was a man who was a buddhist monk, he had a master's degree from harvard. he was a vegetarian. just not what you would usually picture as a drug lord, especially one that's producing over 90% of the world's lsd. lsd is considered even more dangerous than a meth lab as far as chemical contamination. we didn't want to execute a raid for safety reasons. we wanted to get him out of there. >> it was arranged for picard to come and pick up the lab, and we was going to transport it to another location. we pulled up in a rider truck to transport the lab and the lab equipment. we didn't want to reveal that the dea was on to the case, so we arranged to have two highway patrol officers pull over both the rider truck and the car that picard was driving. one way we did underestimate picard is that we didn't know he was a marathon runner. he started to race away, but then he jumped out and ran into the kansas woods. now we had a man hunt. >> we're waiting for governor bus

>> over 50 federal and local law enforcement officers scan the country side for drug kingpin william picard the dea's november 7 takedown of picard's -- with picard's associate todd skinner turned informant. >> todd skinner was also from a very wealthy family, and he convinced his mother to buy this decommissioned missile shiloh as a front to produce springs for the spring company in oklahoma that his mother had owned. but i don't think it was used much for spring production, instead it was turned into an underground palace for drug experimentation and sex parties. he put in a 2,000 gallon hot tub, and they had a lot of exotic animals in there, lamas and peacocks and stuff like that. >> todd skinner was a very flamboyant fellow. living out there at the missile base, there was curiosity as to what went on out there. >> skinner was arrested. >> he contacted dea headquarters through his attorney to try and get an immunity agreement and he ended up as an informant against picard. >> 18 hours after picard escapes from authorities, law enforcement gets a tip from an informant about four miles awa

national law enforcement officers scour the countryside for suspended -- suspected drug kingpin william picard. >> we were out there for a long time, checking people, walking through neighborhoods looking. >> the dea's november 7th takedown of pickard's lsd empire began months earlier when todd skinner turned informant. >> todd skinner was also from a very wealthy family, and he had convinced his mother to buy this decommissioned missile silo as a front to produce springs for their spring company in oklahoma that his mother owned. i don't think it was used much for spring production. instead it was turned into an underground palace for drug experimentation and sex and that type of stuff. he spend hundreds of thousands of dollars. he put italian marble floors in the missile silo. he put in a 2,000 gallon hottub. they had a lot of exotic animals in there. llamas and peacocks, stuff like that. >> todd skinner was kind of known throughout the community as a real flamboyant fellow. he was very unusual. living out there at the missile base, there was curiosity as to what went on out there. >> while

william picard is convicted of conspiracy to manufacture lsd and intention to distribute lsd and is nowo consecutive life sentences. >> the significance of this case today, here we are 15 years later and we still see lsd seizures 95% less than before these characters were arrested, which is why i consider this to be the most successful case in drug law enforcement history. >> on november 9th, jean gives her first press conference as senator of missouri. >> yesterday, i began a new chapter in my life and though the pain and the tears still come at unexpected times, i now see a renewed purpose to my life. my first press conference after the election was held in jefferson city. i was wondering how the press was going to accept me, what they were going to do and i found out that they were rather tender with me. but as soon as the press conference came to a close, one of them got a little braver and said, since you've never held public office could it be that maybe you're not -- and he paused a bit -- qualified for this job? the thought of that really angered me. >> a lot of people spent the

for suspected drug kingpin william leonard picard. >> we were out there for a long time, checking people, walking through neighborhoods looking. >> the dea's november 7th takedown of pickard's lsd empire began months earlier when todd skinner turned informant. >> todd skinner was also from a very wealthy family, and he had convinced his mother to buy this decommissioned missile silo as a front to produce springs for their spring company in oklahoma that his mother owned. instead it was turned into an underground palace for drug experimentation and sex and that type of stuff. he spend hundreds of thousands of dollars. he put italian marble floors in the missile silo. they had a lot of exotic animals in there. >> todd skinner was kind of known throughout the community as a real flamboyant fellow. he was very unusual. living out there at the missile base, there was curiosity as to what went on out there. while allegedly laundering his lsd profits at a local casino, skinner was arrested. >> he contacted dea headquarters through his attorney to try and get an immunity agreement, and he ended