Neil Purcell
Former Laguna Beach police chief who hired Ronald Lister and described him as a manipulative person who loved living on the edge.
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."
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
Sources
- 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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