{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/693c50fef817d7dbe86ad742?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Dave Rupert: The Chicago trucker recruited by the FBI to spy on IRA ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/1765560368556-0fcb889d-85d6-4809-a80c-ca94972718b0.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Dave Rupert, a six and half foot&nbsp;tall,&nbsp;middle-aged trucker&nbsp;from Chicago, with no Irish links. Rupert was&nbsp;a tourist who enjoyed a pint and through a series of chance events became a trusted&nbsp;republican&nbsp;insider and then an agent working for the FBI. How did an American&nbsp;man&nbsp;with no background in republicanism end up&nbsp;living a double life as part of the Real IRA Army council, and why did&nbsp;its leader Mickey&nbsp;McKevitt believe him?&nbsp;</p><p>Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Abdon Pallasch.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Belfast Telegraph"}