PART ONE 1
Prologue "It as like they didn't want to know" 1
1. "A pretty secret kind of thing" 21
2. "We were the first" 38
3. "The brotherhood of military minds" 50
4. "I never sent cash" 66
5. "God, Fatherland and Freedom" 76
6. "They were doing their patriotic duty" 100
7. "Something happened to Ivan" 123
8. "A million hits in not enough" 136
9. "He would have had me by the tail" 151
10. "Teach a man a craft and he's liable to practice it" 172
11. "They were looking in the other direction" 198
12. "This guy talks to God" 221
13. "The wrong kind of friends" 242
14. "It's bigger than I can handle" 262
15. "This thing is a tidal wave" 270
16. "It's a burn" 283
17. "We're going to blow your fucking head off" 293
18. "We bust our ass and the government's involved" 307
19. "He reports to people reporting to Bush" 325
20. "The Assistant U.S. Attorney was found dead" 341
21. "I could go anywhere in the world and sell dope" 358
22. "They can't touch us" 368
23. "He had the backing of a superpower" 382
24. "They're gonna forget I was a drug dealer" 396
PART TWO 415
25. "Things are moving all around us" 417
26. "That matter, if true, would be classified" 427
27. "A very difficult decision" 437
Epilogue. "The damage that has been done" 467
Notes on Sources 469
Glossary of Organizations and Locations 537
Index 540