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High-level source that had been utilized by the d.e.a. for approximately 20 years. his name was samir. in new york in the early 1980s, jim arrested samir for narcotics trafficking. >> we arrested him and i knew he was pretty important. he was palestinian by birth, well educated, well read, multilingual, phenomenonally bright. i knew he would be useful because he understood the global criminal networks. as a source, he had the capabilities of following through. i first met samir in '84, early '85. back in them days we could pull a prempber out and interview them, but he never said anything. and...

Poland with monzer al-kassar. samir needed to penetrate his inner circle by establishing a relationship with tarek al ghazi and eventually set up a meeting with monzer al-kassar. >> at this point i'd been working with samir for a lot of years. i said do you understand if you decide to do this your life will be changed forever? you'll never be the same. he said i'll do it. no. i made him sleep on it. go, come back tomorrow. kassar wouldn't take it lightly, and we're not in the business of getting anybody hurt. >> so in beirut, lebanon our confidential source samir was able to meet tarek al ghaz...

>> in any first meeting that takes place between bad guy and bad guy, there's always a testing. it's to know how knowledgeable the person is about what they're doing, whether it's to find out are they working for the government or two, do they really know what they're doing and how can i get one over on them? >> once samir had established his credentials with monzer in beirut, monzer invited luis and carlos to his residence in marbella, spain. >> the dicey part came is when he actually took copies of the passports. right? they have to use their real identity. couldn't afford for them to come i...

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