Annie Jacobsen

And very rarely do I report on a single source, as I did in the end of Area 51. And then it says, essentially, look, dear reader, this is what the source told me. I have no way of corroborating it. This is legit. And here it is. So that's an area to make your reader comfortable with the information that they're being given.

And very rarely do I report on a single source, as I did in the end of Area 51. And then it says, essentially, look, dear reader, this is what the source told me. I have no way of corroborating it. This is legit. And here it is. So that's an area to make your reader comfortable with the information that they're being given.

And very rarely do I report on a single source, as I did in the end of Area 51. And then it says, essentially, look, dear reader, this is what the source told me. I have no way of corroborating it. This is legit. And here it is. So that's an area to make your reader comfortable with the information that they're being given.

And then in all of my books, whether there are three or 400 pages, there's always 100 pages of notes at the end. So you can see all the sourcing and you can begin to

And then in all of my books, whether there are three or 400 pages, there's always 100 pages of notes at the end. So you can see all the sourcing and you can begin to

And then in all of my books, whether there are three or 400 pages, there's always 100 pages of notes at the end. So you can see all the sourcing and you can begin to

get an understanding of how journalism in the national security world works, and also a great opportunity for me to say, I'm often standing on the shoulders of journalists before me who did an incredible job digging into something and being able to report what they knew. Often the books are 10, 20, 30 years old, and so much more has come to light since.

get an understanding of how journalism in the national security world works, and also a great opportunity for me to say, I'm often standing on the shoulders of journalists before me who did an incredible job digging into something and being able to report what they knew. Often the books are 10, 20, 30 years old, and so much more has come to light since.

get an understanding of how journalism in the national security world works, and also a great opportunity for me to say, I'm often standing on the shoulders of journalists before me who did an incredible job digging into something and being able to report what they knew. Often the books are 10, 20, 30 years old, and so much more has come to light since.

Mm-hmm. For that, I look directly to the historical record, right? Having written about Russian assassination campaigns and programs since the earliest days of the Cold War, right? Mm-hmm. who knocked on the door of the man he was assigned to kill. And by the way, this all comes from a book that Kolkoff wrote later, right? Because he defected to the United States.

Mm-hmm. For that, I look directly to the historical record, right? Having written about Russian assassination campaigns and programs since the earliest days of the Cold War, right? Mm-hmm. who knocked on the door of the man he was assigned to kill. And by the way, this all comes from a book that Kolkoff wrote later, right? Because he defected to the United States.

Mm-hmm. For that, I look directly to the historical record, right? Having written about Russian assassination campaigns and programs since the earliest days of the Cold War, right? Mm-hmm. who knocked on the door of the man he was assigned to kill. And by the way, this all comes from a book that Kolkoff wrote later, right? Because he defected to the United States.

He knocks on the door and the guy answers the door. And instead of killing him, he has like this moment of conscious of crisis or crisis of conscience and says like, I can't kill you, even though that's what I'm supposed to do.

He knocks on the door and the guy answers the door. And instead of killing him, he has like this moment of conscious of crisis or crisis of conscience and says like, I can't kill you, even though that's what I'm supposed to do.

He knocks on the door and the guy answers the door. And instead of killing him, he has like this moment of conscious of crisis or crisis of conscience and says like, I can't kill you, even though that's what I'm supposed to do.

And then sits down with the guy and together decides, okay, we're going to defect, you know, we're going to let the Western intelligence agencies know what we're doing here. And the CIA got involved. But Russian assassins were able to poison Kolkov with polonium. What happens to him is insane and it's a miracle he didn't die. But he doesn't.

And then sits down with the guy and together decides, okay, we're going to defect, you know, we're going to let the Western intelligence agencies know what we're doing here. And the CIA got involved. But Russian assassins were able to poison Kolkov with polonium. What happens to him is insane and it's a miracle he didn't die. But he doesn't.

And then sits down with the guy and together decides, okay, we're going to defect, you know, we're going to let the Western intelligence agencies know what we're doing here. And the CIA got involved. But Russian assassins were able to poison Kolkov with polonium. What happens to him is insane and it's a miracle he didn't die. But he doesn't.

And then he defects to the West and he writes these books. And he tells lots of incredible secrets about the Russian assassination programs and their poison labs. And they're really, really, really interesting. And so to answer that question, I mean, to my eye, of course, I don't know, but it certainly looks like Russia is acting in the same vein that it has always acted.

And then he defects to the West and he writes these books. And he tells lots of incredible secrets about the Russian assassination programs and their poison labs. And they're really, really, really interesting. And so to answer that question, I mean, to my eye, of course, I don't know, but it certainly looks like Russia is acting in the same vein that it has always acted.