Truth Nation Podcast

With the recent arrest of Sean “P-Diddy” Combs and his eye-witness role in an unsolved, high-profile, Los Angeles homicide, retired California highway Patrol Chief Mark Garret, retired DEA Special Agent in Charge Bill Bodner and current Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Sean Carney sit down to discuss one of the greatest scandals in modern policing, the LAPD Rampart Scandal. One police officer killing another in self-defense, stolen drug evidence, planted guns, unjustified beatings and shootings and perhaps the murder of Notorious BIG. What really happened in the late 1990s when a specialized LAPD anti-crime unit called CRASH went bad and what was the connection to Suge Knight and Death Row Records?

Government Failures Exposed: Inside the Trump Assassination Attempts What went wrong in protecting former President Trump? The Chief Mark Garrett and special guest Pete Forcelli delve deep into recent Secret Service failures. We discuss the lack of accountability, internal mistakes, and the broader issues within government agencies. We discuss specifically Josh Hawley's recent Whistleblower Report (9/16) and the USSS Mission Assurance After Action Summary released on 9/20. Pete Forcelli, a former NYPD homicide detective, ATF Assistant Deputy Director, and bestselling author, brings firsthand insights to the conversation.

Did a single Los Angeles Police Department Officer actually fire over 900 rounds in an officer involved shooting? Yes, it really happened! On May 17th, 1974, Ofc Al Preciado and eight other members of LAPD SWAT had their new tactics and equipment put to the test when they encountered the Symbionese Liberation Army hiding out in a house in South Central Los Angeles. Ofc Preciado was awarded the LAPD Medal Of Valor for his role in the gun battle that lasted over two hours. Al gives his first hand account of events. It's an incredible story.

Domestic terrorism and college campus protests are not new phenomena. In part one of this two-part series, we turn back the clock to the early 1970s and discus the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), a leftist group based in California who murdered politicians, robbed banks, bombed police cars and kidnapped Patty Hearst. Who were they and why did they target the Hearst Family? Was Hearst a brainwashed victim suffering from Stockholm Syndrome or was she a radical urban guerrilla who willingly joined the cause? Retired California Highway Patrol Chief Mark Garrett and retired DEA Special Agent in Charge Bill Bodner talk through the details of one of the strangest criminal organizations and crime sprees our country has scene.

On April 2, 1990, Dr. Humberto Alvarez-Machain was abducted by agents of the U.S. Government, from his medical office in Mexico and flown against his will to El Paso, Texas. He eventually appeared in Los Angeles federal court to answer charges he participated in the kidnapping and murder of DEA Special Agent Enrique Camarena. U.S. District Court Judge Edward Rafeedie deemed the kidnapping illegal, dismissed the indictment against Alvarez-Machain and ordered him returned to Mexico. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Affirmed Rafeedie’s decision. The case eventually went to the U.S. Supreme Court, where the decision was reversed, and remanded back to the District Court for Alvarez-Machain to stand trial. After the government presented its’ case in chief, Judge Rafeedie granted a defense motion for summary judgment and entered a directed verdict of not guilty. Alvarez-Machain went free.

On July 25, 2024, drug kingpin Ismael Zambada-Garcia, aka El Mayo, was kidnapped from a residence in Sinaloa, Mexico, by armed gunman working for Joaquin Guzman-Lopez. Guzman-Lopez, also a wanted drug trafficking kingpin, had been negotiating his surrender with the United States for some time. Guzman-Lopez voluntarily arrived in Santa Teresa, New Mexico of his own free will, but brought Zambada-Garcia restrained, with a bag over his head, apparently attempting to sweeten his cooperation deal with the U.S. Government.

On this episode of the Truth Nation Podcast, we speak with career prosecutor Sean Carney about both cases and what will likely happen with the Zambada-Garcia case as it winds its’ way through the justice system. Carney worked on a portion of the Alvarez-Machain case in the 1990’s and is well versed on the extradition treaty issues and supreme court decision that are in play here. Did Joaquin Guzman-Lopez have a cooperation agreement in place? Was he acting as an “agent” of the United States when he conducted the kidnapping and caused multiple murders in Mexico? Did the Government of Mexico file an official protest to this act? Did the U.S. Government make the affirmative decision to circumvent an extradition treaty they had agreed to? Will any of these factors matter in the Zambada-Garcia case? All these questions are answered in this interesting legal analysis.

In the summer of 1985, a crime spree beyond human understanding hit the Greater Los Angeles area. Some victims were shot, others were stabbed, strangled, raped or beaten. Young children were snatched from their beds, kidnapped and sexually assaulted. There was no profile of a typical victim. Richard Ramirez attacked the young, the old, Asian, Hispanic, Caucasian, male, female, no one was safe, and every night the city went to bed in fear. Where would the Nightstalker strike next, and who would the next victim be?

On this episode of the Truth Nation Podcast, Retired California Highway Patrol Chief Mark Garrett and retired DEA Special Agent in Charge Bill Bodner speak with legendary Los Angeles Homicide Detective Gil Carrillo. Detective Carrillo, who became known as El Cucuy or the Boogeyman, details the Nightstalker investigation and gives us a glimpse inside the mind of one of the most prolific serial criminals the world has known. The attacks, the evidence, the key breaks in the investigation and the toll his involvement took on his family. Detective Carrillo discusses it all.

Good vs Evil, The Boogeyman vs the Nightstalker! A fascinating discussion.

In 2011, the Vancouver Canucks faced off against the Boston Bruins in Game Seven of the Stanley Cup Finals. About 155,000 people were in downtown Vancouver to watch the game and celebrate what all thought would be an epic victory. As the game progressed and it became clear the Canucks would not be victorious, the mood of the crowd turned dark and a massive riot broke out. In the end over 300 people were charged with crimes and 140 people, including nine police officers, were injured. A fascinating incident as it was perhaps the first example of the public using social media to play armchair detective and identify and publicly shame the rioters.

What was the flashpoint? Was law enforcement sufficiently prepared for the crowd? Did the media invite violence by constantly discussing other sprots related riots in the lead up to game seven? Join retired DEA Special Agent in Charge Bill Bodner and Retired California Highway Patrol Chief Mark Garrett as they discuss the game, the riot and the accountability on this episode of the Truth Nation Podcast.

On January 29, 2022, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe was found dead, lying in the snow, outside the home of fellow Boston Police Officer Brian Albert. O’Keefe’s girlfriend, Karen Read was charged with murder.On July 1, 2024, after an eight week trial, the jury was unable to reach a verdict and a mistrial was declared. Within a week, the lead investigator from the Massachusetts State Police was relieved of duty and a local police officer, whose brother owned the home where O’Keefe was found, was put on leave.Was this a simple domestic violence case? Would the result have been different if the genders and or occupations of the suspect and victim were reversed? Was it a complex police coverup, to protect one of their own? On this episode of the Truth Nation Podcast, retired federal agent Bill Bodner and retired Police Chief Mark Garrett discuss one of the most divisive criminal cases the state of Massachusetts has ever seen. Give us your thoughts on what really happened that snowy night in Canton, Mass.

On March 8, 2014, MH 370 departed Kuala Lumpur on a routine flight to Beijing, China, with 227 passengers and 12 crew on-board. The flight never arrived. There was no May-Day call, no cell phone calls, text messages or emails from distressed passengers to loved ones, no black box recovered….. and to this day, there is at least some degree of uncertainty if any verifiable wreckage has ever been found. On this episode of the Truth Nation Podcast, Bill Bodner and the Chief breakdown the evidence, assess the credibility of the involved parties and discuss three popular theories that attempt to explain what is without question, the greatest aviation mystery of our time. Was it terrorism, a missile strike, catastrophic mechanical failure or a suicide mission? What caused MH 370 to divert and where did the flight ultimately end? Watch this episode to hear our opinion. As always, we invite you to share yours!

Familial DNA. It’s been called the single greatest advancement in criminal investigation since fingerprint analysis. Right now there are 100,000 cold case homicides and 650,000 cold case sexual assaults in the United States with suspect DNA samples in evidence. Familial DNA is being used to identify the suspects and solve these cases everyday, but at what cost? As law enforcement taps into commercial DNA databases, mining for partial DNA matches belonging to relatives of unidentified suspects, privacy rights and ethics become blurred. On this weeks’ episode, Bill Bodner and The Chief discuss this emerging technique, where the guardrails should be and where likely overreaches have already occurred. Do the ends justify the means? Watch this episode and give us your thoughts!