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category: "Law Enforcement & Legal"
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- Person
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- Person/Intelligence
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- United_States
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- 1980s
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- Dark_Alliance_Investigation
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summary: Former Laguna Beach police chief who hired Ronald Lister and described him as a manipulative person who loved living on the edge.
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Neil Purcell was the former chief of the [[Laguna Beach Police Department]] who served on the hiring board that gave [[Ronald Lister]] his job.[^1] Purcell offered a stark assessment of his former employee: "The man, in my opinion, is a lying, conniving, manipulative person who likes to play with people's minds. He's very evasive and loves living on the edge. He's the biggest bullshitter that has ever been placed on this earth."
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Purcell recalled that during Lister's tenure, "that silly son of a gun was in with - what do they call themselves? - the Royal Highnesses from Iran! Sporting Rolex watches for himself and his wife. Getting wined and dined by these people until finally they [the Iranians] were asked to leave this country. Anything. He threw out names and organizations. He's a very bright guy. As far as intelligence, he's very, very smart."[^1]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 6: "They were doing their patriotic duty"
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