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"Undercover cop Jay Dobyns, the man Butler calls both a "poet" and "completely insane," and the inspiration for Big Nick."
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American Patriots Unsung ​https://view.joomag.com/american-patriots-unsung-magazine-issue-4-oct-2017/0871596001509928565?short

Naked Jaybird
Jay Dobyns has a big set of balls. There is just no other way of describing a man that has risked his life in so many ways, knowing that any second his cover could be blown, and that the consequences of his actions could merit the violent end to his life by the most viscous of means. 

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Tucson Weekly www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/the-good-guy/Content?oid=1149015

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The Good Guy
Death threats be damned, undercover cop Jay Dobyns isn't running anymore.

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NRA http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nra/aff_201504/index.php#/50

The Two Jay Dobyns
Agent and Angel Patriot and Pariah the ongoing trial and triumph. 

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Ballistic ​https://www.ballisticmag.com/2020/06/04/jay-dobyns-undercover-hells-angels/ ​
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The Undercover Agent Who Survived the Hells Angels
JAY DOBYNS SPENT MORE THAN TWO YEARS INFILTRATING THE HELLS ANGELS MOTORCYCLE CLUB, ONLY TO BE BETRAYED BY THE SAME AGENCY HE WORKED FOR: THE BAFTE. ​

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South ​http://www.southmag.com/June-July-2019/Undercover-Stories/
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Undercover Stories
Most of the world never realizes that there is an invisible war being waged just outside their front door, every day. These brave undercover agents of the ATF lived on the front lines of that war, infiltrating biker gangs, hate groups and international criminal syndicates, living double lives. ​

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Arizona Republic https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/best-reads/2015/10/17/jay-dobyns-atf-hells-angels-attorney-jim-reed/74015938/

Jay Dobyns fought the Hells Angels. Jim Reed fought the feds.
​The federal agent needed a lawyer and quick, one who would believe his story — though he knew there was little reason for anyone to believe his story.​

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NewsWeek http://www.newsweek.com/very-hellish-journey-76313

A Very Hellish Journey
​The first thought that might cross your mind when you meet Jay Dobyns is, I wonder if this man is going to kill me.​
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Wall Street Journal www.wsj.com/articles/SB123611461950722501

Undercover with Hells Angels
​Agent Jay Dobyns, a former star football player at the University of Arizona, had the size, attitude and tattoos to look the part of a Hells Angels member.​

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Townhall townhall.com/columnists/jaydobyns/2018/08/10/arson-n2501495 

FRAMED: 
Fighting back against the Department of Justice and ATF. ​

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Arizona Daily Wildcat www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2018/06/jay-dobyns

Catching Hell and coming back
Left by his own government to face death threats from three international crime syndicates, Jay Dobyns wrote his New Yorks Times bestselling memoir “No Angel” to protect himself and his family. ​ 
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Spotter Up https://spotterup.com/spotter-interview-jay-dobyns-author-retired-federal-agent/

​Who is Jay Dobyns? 
In case you haven’t already heard of him, Jay Dobyns is a retired Special Agent with the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, University of Arizona football standout, New York Times Best-Selling author, actor, public speaker and high school football coach.
Jay is the author of several books about infiltrating the Hell’s Angels and being betrayed by the government he worked for. He is the inspiration behind the new Gerard Butler’s character “Big Nick” in the recently released movie, Den of Thieves. Spotter Up caught up with Jay for a quick question and answer session about life, philosophy and teamwork.

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El Paso Times www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/crime/2018/06/15/jay-dobyns-ex-atf-agent-infiltrated-hells-angels-biker-gang-visit-el-paso/699150002/
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Former ATF undercover biker Jay Dobyns, who infiltrated Hells Angels
The danger. The death threats. The time away from family.​

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Mob Museum ​https://themobmuseum.org/blog/the-wild-ones/ 
http://vegasseven.com/2013/09/24/undercover-road/

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The Wild Ones
​The display features artifacts obtained from Jay Dobyns, a retired ATF agent who went undercover with the Hells Angels in Arizona in the early 2000s. ​

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AllSportsTucson ​http://allsportstucson.com/2016/11/17/solid-like-a-rock-dobyns-inspired-by-son-amid-tumultuous-undercover-agent-career/

Solid like a rock:
​Dobyns inspired by son amid tumultuous undercover agent career.

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Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/18/AR2009061804434.html

Still Catching Hell: Undercover No More, Jay Dobyns Revs Up for a New Fight
​Former All-American Supercop Jay Dobyns, the federal agent who went undercover to infiltrate the Hells Angels, leaves his Georgetown hotel on a recent hot afternoon. Shoves his pistol into his waistband at the small of his back, lights a Marlboro and crosses M Street NW.​

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Las Vegas Review-Journal article 
​https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/undercover-agent-one-of-few-to-get-into-hells-angels/

Undercover agent one of few to get into Hells Angels
​Hells Angel Jay Dobyns was at the Flamingo hotel in Laughlin with several members of the gang on April 27, 2002, the night of the River Run riot at nearby Harrah’s casino.​


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TownHall ​https://townhall.com/columnists/katiepavlich/2011/10/21/atf-ignored-death-threats,-tried-to-frame-whistleblower-agent-to-cover-corruption-n1193820

ATF Ignored Death Threats, Tried to Frame Whistleblower Agent to Cover Corruption
​Jay Dobyns is a father, husband and 25-year highly respected and highly decorated Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms Special Agent.​

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Huffington Post https://www.huffpost.com/entry/a-portrait-of-two-pirates_b_4690959

A Portrait of Two Pirates: Smuggler and Enforcer in the World of Drug Trafficking
​Unbeknownst to me or anyone in 1991, Jay had created this persona as an agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) to infiltrate the hard-to-crack drug trafficking practices of the Hells Angels. ​

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NRA (video) Ginny Simone Reporting | S5 E5: "Betrayed: Exposing the Truth" - YouTube

Betrayed: Exposing the Truth 
As a special agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Jay Dobyns has taken on the worst of the worst. But he never dreamed that one day he'd be taking on his own government.​

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Operation Fast and Furious (video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNkkRIE8vv4
http://video.foxnews.com/v/1313079967001/?#sp=show-clips

Whistleblowers Jay Dobyns & Vince Cefalu on Fox News ​
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CNN/Anderson Cooper 
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/02/05/dobyns.hellsangels/index.html?eref=rss_mostpopular

Life in Hell
​In a parched, secluded desert, a brutal killing is caught on videotape. A member of the feared and violent Mongol motorcycle gang is shot in the head at close range. His body is dumped in a shallow grave. That murder was Jay Dobyns' ticket for membership into the Hells Angels motorcycle gang..

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Jay's undercover persona served as inspiration to actor Joe Manganiello for his role as
Joe "Grinder" Phillips in the film Sabotage. 

- EdgeMediaNetwork, March 27, 2014
"Manganiello based Grinder’s appearance on Jay Dobyns, an undercover ATF agent who documented his time with the Hell’s Angels in the book No Angel. The pictures of this guy were just this thick necked linebacker looking [guy], covered in tattoos," Manganiello said. "He looked like the scariest guy on the planet and not like a cop."


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Jay's physical appearance served as inspiration to actor Barry Pepper for his role as Agent Cooper in the film Snitch.