When Saddam Hussein found himself in U.S. custody months after a shock and awe invasion swiftly toppled his government, one FBI agent—as later recalled by former President George W. Bush—famously cited the Iraqi leader as saying: “I just didn’t believe Bush.” It’s hard not to attribute a similar mentality to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro , now detained along with his wife, Cilia Flores, at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York City, to face charges of narco-terrorism and