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The man who sold fake mine-sweepers to the army | Unmissables: Explosive Lies
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January 14, 2026
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1:27Now PlayingHe said it could save lives. It didn’t. It couldn’t even find golf balls…
Listen to Explosive Lies, a Global Original podcast
Jim McCormick was a cocky English salesman with an outrageous claim: a black plastic gadget that could sniff out bombs using “electromagnetic energy.” The science was pure fiction. But in the panic after 9/11, governments bought the lie - paying up to $60,000 for a device that started life as a $20 novelty golf-ball finder.
McCormick sold hope to armies and security forces across the globe. But hope turned deadly. Behind the deals were fragmented friendships, betrayals, and a truth so dangerous it would take years to drag into the light.
Alice Levine uncovers the jaw-dropping story of a con that cost countless lives - and the unlikely people who stopped at nothing to uncover the truth.
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