Special thanks to Jared Cohen for taking the time to speak with me for this interview and to Stephen Bedford of Simon and Schuster and Dan Keyserling, Jared’s scheduler, for all of your efforts in making arrangements for this interview to happen! Special thanks also to Les and Susan for your assistance in brainstorming questions!

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Special thanks to Niall Cooper of the Assassinations Podcast for providing the intro quote for this episode!

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