Undercover operations
Subject in True Crime
Undercover operations has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Shawn Ryan Show. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Chris BaylessRetired ATF special agent who spent most of a 30-year career undercover, now an ATF Academy instructor
Bayless contends that becoming a patched member is not the purpose of a biker infiltration; building a prosecutable case is.
“Getting a patch, that's not the goal. The goal is to make the case”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #304 Chris Bayless - 30 Years Undercover Inside America's Most Violent Gangs (May 14, 2026) · Listen from 1:16:57
Bayless compares undercover work to salesmanship, in which the agent must sell himself to targets.
“Undercover is like sales at the end of the day. You're a salesman”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #304 Chris Bayless - 30 Years Undercover Inside America's Most Violent Gangs (May 14, 2026) · Listen from 43:53
Podcasts
- The Shawn Ryan Show · 1 episode
Episodes
#304 Chris Bayless - 30 Years Undercover Inside America's Most Violent GangsThe Shawn Ryan Show · May 14, 2026 · 4 h 2 min
Retired ATF undercover agent Chris Bayless tells Shawn Ryan about infiltrating biker gangs, stash house stings, RICO cases, his PTSD, and his friendship with Mel Chancey.