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for everything I needed to know about satellite phone security.
    Peyton Quinn, for familiarizing Ben with the notion of the pre-violence “interview” that appears in chapter one—and more of which can be found at www.rmcat.com .
    Jane Litte of www.dearauthor.com and Sarah Wendell of www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com —smart, insightful, hilarious critics—for terrific feedback on the sex scene. If there’s something you don’t like about the scene in question, I hope it goes without saying that Jane and Sarah are entirely to blame.
    The extraordinarily eclectic group of “foodies with a violence problem” who hang out at Marc “Animal” MacYoung’s and Dianna Gordon’s www.nononsenseselfdefense.com , for good humor, good fellowship, and a ton of insights, particularly regarding the real costs of violence.
    Alan Eisler, Judith Eisler, Tom Hayes, novelist J.A. Konrath, Naomi Andrews and Dan Levin, Owen Rennert, Ted Schlein, and Hank Shiffman, for helpful comments on the manuscript and many valuable suggestions and insights along the way.
    Most of all, my wife Laura, for never being too busy to help me figure out a story point or to indulge my political rants. Thanks, babe, for everything.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
    In addition to the sources listed in the preceding section, this story draws on a number of excellent books, all of which I would recommend to anyone interested in further exploring the facts behind my fiction.

The U.S. Torture Program:
    Administration of Torture: A Documentary Record from Washington to Abu Ghraib and Beyond
, by Jameel Jaffer and Amrit Singh.
    Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib,
by Seymour Hersh.
    The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
, by Jane Mayer.
    Getting Away with Torture: Secret Government, War Crimes, and the Rule of Law,
by Christopher H. Pyle.
    Ghost Plane: The True Story of The CIA Rendition and Torture Program,
by Stephen Grey.
    How to Break a Terrorist: The U.S. Interrogators Who Used Brains, Not Brutality, to Take Down the Deadliest Man in Iraq,
by Matthew Alexander.
    The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil,
by Philip Zimbardo.
    The One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America's Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11
, by Ron Suskind.
    A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror,
by Alfred W. McCoy.
    Torture and Democracy,
by Darius Rejali.
    The Torture Memos: Rationalizing the Unthinkable,
by David Cole.
    The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib,
by Karen J. Greenberg.
    Torture Team: Rumsfeld’s Memo and the Betrayal of American Values,
by Philippe Sands.
    Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror
, by Mark Danner
    Truth, Torture, and the American Way: The History and Consequences of U.S. Involvement in Torture,
by Jennifer K. Harbury.
    Your Government Failed You: Breaking the Cycle of National Security Disasters,
by Richard A. Clarke.

Guantánamo:
    Guantánamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power
, by Joseph Marguilies.
    The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison,
by Andy Worthington.
    The Guantánamo Lawyers: Inside a Prison Outside the Law,
by Mark Denbeaux and Jonathan Hafetz.
    Guantánamo: What the World Should Know
, by Michael Ratner and Ellen Ray.

Civil Liberties:
    Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency,
by Barton Gellman.
    Bush’s Law: The Remaking of American Justice,
by Eric Lichtblau.
    Justice at War: The Men and Ideas that Shaped America’s War on Terror,
by David Cole.
    The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism
, by Andrew Bacevich.
    Nation of Secrets: The Threat to Democracy and the American Way of Life,
by Ted Gup.
    The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping of America,
by James Bramford.
    Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times,
by Amy Goodman and David Goodman.
    Takeover: The Return of the Imperial Presidency,
by Charlie Savage.
    The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration,
by Jack Goldsmith.
    The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements,
by Eric Hoffer.

Government/Media Complicity:
    Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business,
by Neil Postman.
    Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics,
by Glenn Greenwald.
    The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion,
by Matt