With dw business beyond the theyre all on the f, b is most wanted list murderers. Human traffickers, 1000000 air fraudsters, drug lords, terrorist and this man. Hes a threat to world peace and a key figure in the struggle between super powers. His name is lee some way, but he also calls himself carl lee and uses several other aliases. Theres no criminal on the list with a higher bounty, 5000000. 00. The c i a massage, the german b, n. D and others by agencies have been pursuing him for 2nd one. You as president even intervened personally to no avail. There still is this air of mystery around this karl, he reminded me of through likes to columbia and drug alone. So, you know, like pablo escobar, i would say that in all likelihood, he is an individual who exists the hes a hunter, focused on a particular prey, the most unscrupulous arms dealer on the planet. My names aaron arnold. I was a Intelligence Analyst at the f. B, i the carly case was the most unique case that i ever participated in. I dont really recall any cases that reached sort of this level of sophistication and intrigue. The aunt is for offend to, among other things was able to help her, ron, obtain Nuclear Weapons and of whom theres just a single old photograph. This is a sort of another mystery. If carly, why are there more pictures . Are there videos . And its a kind of rare this day and age to build a hide for so long without your photo being taken. Aaron arnold left the f. B i for academia years ago. But this particular story has clung to him ever since it turn into you know, one of these cases where, you know, after a day of trying to answer questions you end up with, was more now many investigators intelligence agency, operatives, and diplomats of all had the same experience as aaron arnold, the a suburb of washington. Home to many of those responsible for planning americas wars and shaping us foreign policy. Among them, the man who was probably the 1st to pick up carl lease trail. My name is van van deepen for about 14 years, i ran the office in the state Department Responsible for among other things missile nonproliferation. Preventing the spread of w empty and missiles is among the president s highest National Security priorities. For years he served as National Intelligence officer for weapons of mass destruction and proliferation, and worked for the u. S. Department of state until late 2016. So through all that time, i had some level of responsibility for dealing with the carly problem. The, the carl lee problem, when Us Intelligence agencies going about their daily business of collecting communication data 1st came across the suspicious transactions by a chinese businessman. No one suspected the dimensions, it would have actually assume the that would have been in the early 2, thousands, i think every day, as part of my job responsibilities, i would be reading the intelligence reporting that came in overnight. And there would have been some on what we call raw intelligence reporting that what is, you know, 1st mentioned the activities of carl lee. The Us Government soon realized they picked up the trail of a serial offender shipping material for the construction of Ballistic Missiles to iran. In breach of 2006 Un Security Council sanctions on t, ron. He was pretty active and so you know, probably every week or 2 something would come up and as things came up, we would try to act on the behind the scenes. They apply pressure the department of state, shared information on carl lees, shipment routes with the governments of other nations. So they could take is containers out of circulation when the ship discharged its cargo. Sometimes, you know, something would come out of the other end of that process that you wouldnt, you know, put into play and watch develop. And sometimes you werent able either because we didnt know enough or the intelligence behind it was so sensitive that we couldnt risk compromise. Because you had to sort of sit back and let that one go. And so within a few years, carl lee became the trusted supplier to the iranian weapons industry. The israels, by agencies also stumbled upon carl lee at the turn of the millennium. They feared the business men from china could increase the range of their arch enemies, missiles with dramatic consequences. For israel it was more than 20 years ago. When v you renew is k 1st. Find to north korea, asking for me sides too. Bike is in the middle school and it will very um, open towards the needs and they say we have here on the shelf. Besides my, as many as you want to see what any question was really interesting. What is the range of to me sense . And when the newest korean told into the range is 1000 kilometer the say, we dont by this is less than 1300. We dont need and we all want to do maps to see what the 3 hundreds we add to the capability. And it was really clear the if hes less then getting keep to the top of the, you know, 32 by a difference of 300 kilometers to potentially cause hundreds of 1000. So Say Technologies you, thats meant the will you heat, you keep so crowded in those cubes. Many israel is regularly hit by smaller missiles, but partially due to car leaves shipments. The country came within range of iranian missiles that were at least 15 meters long, with a potential to carry nuclear warheads. One of the liver Technical Solutions included replacing steel with all you, many of the menu installing better steering. So then they became the warhead, smaller and amending the stability of the aerodynamics elder. Not only, and you can shoot these, my sales are for 1500 kilometers and putting israel within range like the, the German Federal intelligence agency, the b, n, d, british m i. 6 and other secret Services Also began homing in on carl lee during the 2 thousands of the big wouldnt been long before we decided that we needed to try to figure out a way to go to the Chinese Government. Because if we really wanted to stop him, we had to somehow persuade the Chinese Government to do it. The initially, the us believed this approach would be successful. And so then we would start a dialogue with the Chinese Government variety them information about carl lees activities. And trying to, you know, see if we could somehow both assist and persuade them to take action. At the time, chinas government had just changed its approach to weapons exports. In the eightys and ninetys proliferation from china was focused mostly on exports from major state ferns. Firms that clearly were connected and controlled by the Chinese Government. And these firms were selling complete systems to countries of concern along with the chinese economy. Beatings influence grew. China presented itself as a responsible global power and endorsed several agreements aimed at preventing miss files and warheads from falling into the wrong hands. Trying to definitely has International Obligations to do something. I mean, theyre a party to the Nuclear Nonproliferation treaty. They have said that they are adhering to something called the Missile Technology control regime. So coming back to car lead, according to that regime, china is meant to be controlling missile related technologies of the type that currently is providing. As a permanent member of the Un Security Council, china also supported the 2006 sanctions on Iranian Nuclear activities. But carly continued to supply t. Ron, every month, every couple months, as the information came in, you know, we would, you know, seek to what we called the marsh, the Chinese Government about lee and his activities. And so theres a, you know, out of a very long history of us to marcias, to the chinese complaining about lee and asking them to take action about in the white house at the time, george w bush, in 2008. His secretary of state stepped in personally conduct liza rice instructed her diplomats at the us embassy and aging, to ramp up the pressure. They were told to work on the Chinese Government to ensure its intervention and the case re sent several secret dispatches, heavily incriminating carl lee. They were concerning the supply of machinery for miss l. Construction and harmless sounding substances, such as aluminum and graphite. And kind of close each, the bones. From those thrusters, a graphic, these are put on each end to the steel into themselves, exhaust gases, they split changes directions to put it simply. So the missile key can we use the stuff coming or Something Like can disappear, is only just its thought carly also supplied iran with a large number of gyroscopes. Those copeland gyroscope is essentially themselves freedoms by sensory organs as low as on the cell to determine where its moving these to be where its going. I was moving country steer custody on course of course flight carl lee appeared to be supplying enough of these for an entire arsenal of miss tiles. Those are fine instruments that require careful calibration. You can see in the quantities that carly has applied and you have hundreds, hundreds of accelerometers, hundreds of actuators that have been supplied. So this is not one or 2 pieces that are on needs. This is something that they need for each and every missile that theyre building. In 2009, brock obamas democrats moved into the white house. The new secretary of state Hillary Clinton pursued her predecessors course and changed. After just a few weeks in office. She had her diplomats deliver a message to the Chinese Government. We strongly urge you to investigate these activities. Signed clinton there are certainly lots of things that hes doing that are legal. In china, from our standpoint, theres plenty of domestic legal basis for the chinese to take action. But for whatever reason they have the my names adam kaufman. I started working in the Manhattan District Attorneys Office in 1994. I was a street crime, prosecutors starting with a reminder crime, working your way up until youre handling more serious in violent crime. I then went and worked in on Narcotics Bureau that prosecuted International Shipments mostly coming up from mexico and south america truckloads of usually cocaine, sometimes heroin. After that, i found myself wondering what i should do. And i went and spoke with Mister Morgan thought and 2003, Robert Morgan thought with the District Attorney of manhattan, he came from a jewish family that had fled germany escaping persecution. His father was us secretary of the treasury during world war 2 and creator of the morgan, the plan to turn germany into an agricultural nation. After the war, he supported the fledgling state of israel, which left its mark on Robert Morgan thought in 1961, his friend john f. Kennedy appointed him District Attorney of new york. He went on to become one of the most influential figures in us. 2 additional history, we had a tremendous amount of personal courage. He wasnt afraid to take on difficult cases. He suggested that i joined this Little Bureau called Investigation Division central. It was a bureau that sort of handled Mister Morgan thought his interest in International Markets in the recognition of the place that manhattan played in Global Finance with wall street as a close neighbor morton saw set out to be more than just an attorney for manhattan. He saw himself as a prosecutor for international crime. Manhattan is unique because we have so much of Global Finance passes through Manhattan International wire fades, international securities, so much International Global business takes place within a mile was the courthouse in manhattan. The more than thought, those was these investigators could hunt down any criminal whose money passed through manhattan, which happened when someone in the city made a dollar transfer. That meant the long arm of morgan reached into every part of the world. And he was not afraid to flex those muscles and to impose himself into international finance, where really, very few District Attorneys would be able to go. One day, when the District Attorney was well over 80, his path crossed carl lease morgan saw i had received a tip off the a one of his secret contacts. It was probably around 2005. He called us into his office and he told us to buy tickets and get on a plane. And had israel, the being told that we were gonna go meet with is really intelligence officials. I had no idea what to expect the when the new york investigators arrived, they never heard of karl lee. All they knew was their boss was very worried about the country. His father had once supported. He viewed iran as a threat to israel, but he also had a view based on terrorism. He also viewed it as a threat to new york and to the citizens of new york. You know, coming out of 911 the, these were the years when the world found out about iran secret emissions to build a nuclear bomb. For israel, an ex essential threat. The reason for a highly unusual meeting. I had never heard of the local prosecutor going to meet with foreign intelligence services. That was something that i never heard of. You know, were not the federal government. We werent the c, i a, we werent anyone like that. But for mr. Morgan though it was sort of business as usual, the v is really is had an Extensive Program as you would expect focusing on around in w m. D, and missile procurement. The foreign spite agency massage had been watching karl lee for a while. But china was one of israels key trading partners and the government didnt want any open conflict with badging. So all of a sudden the new york prosecutors were in a room with the head of most sought, i remember sitting in a meeting with mired the gone. And mister to gone saying, we dont want intelligence to sit on the shelf. We want to act against it. And i understand that mr. Morgans the feels the same way. And so we want to help you make cases if we can, that you can bring to expose, what do ron is doing . And he said, we want to give you the tools. And if you can use them, we want you to israels massage, began secretly collaborating with us, prosecutors in regards to a mysterious businessman and china. They gave us some o billing information and it was about carl lee the to this day, the authorities believe hes here in one of age is most important ports, cities. Its about 1000 kilometers to the south of karl lees home. A long day. Not far from the border with north korea, metropolis, a millions that profited in the nationwide economic boom of the 1980s. At the time, the nation was opening up to the west. Thanks to hans dang shopping. Now, successor p set up special Economic Zones in china, where for an investment was possible thats how dang, broad capitalism to china. The in 1984, he also may dial in a special Economic Zones. Its not possible to say precisely when carl lees family ended up there. Despite meticulous research, no details of his youth exist. People that knew him didnt talk. The authorities divulge nothing. As though issued with a blanket directive to remain silent. Rumors and vague scraps of information are all we have to go on. Its thought he attended a school in dallas in named number 24, an elite school for the children of high Ranking Party officials. That wouldnt match the claim. The carl least grandfather was a highly decorated colonel in the Peoples Liberation army. Its also thought carl lee worked intermittently for the state, but its not known in what capacity. One things for sure. He made full use of deleons advantages. The port city is a great place to do business, legal, or otherwise the, you have a lot of foreign like us firms or european firms that have branches there that have that. Then you factor things in china from an opportunistic point of view. Its, its a great, its a great place if you want to be a proliferate, or because there are a lot of places to hide. The here in dallas, in a business was registered in the late 19 ninetys, the, its named lived economic and trade company. According to the Chinese Companies register, carl lees father League Region had himself listed as the companys legal representative. On the 4th of june, 1998. This company was the seed for carl lees commercial empire. The israel ease gave us some of the substance and content of certain emails that showed references to w. M. D and other materials for weapons procurement, missile production, things like that. The we would work until late at night. We order in pizzas, piers, and just work on this thing all the time. The prosecutors, were in luck because in one particular aspect, carl lee had been extremely reckless. Some of the email addresses were from us providers, hotmail, or yahoo, because they were in the us. There was a procedure to get access to this content of those emails from the email service providers. So we had a starting point. We had some very talented, tenacious prosecutors working on the case. And they just dug into the information they w