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Dolf Goldsmith on Crimes Committed with Destructive Devices

We have another piece of our chat with Dolf for you today, on what brought Destructive Devices to the attention of the general American public - and why the New York police came looking for his Lahti... For more details on the bazooka incident, you can read a copy of the front-page New York Times story from December 12, 1964: "Bazooka Fired at U.N. as Cuban Speaks" http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/belligerence/bazooka.htm The bank robbery became the inspiration for the 1974 film "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot", starring Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072288/

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  • Originally Aired December 25, 2012
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