Brad Meltzer

You think of the mob, you think of Tony Soprano or the Goodfellas and, you know, a mobster testifies against another mobster and you try and put them away.

And that's why witness protection was built.

It was built to take down the mob.

And it worked.

It actually worked.

But it's not like crime went away.

So what happened was is Witness Protection, instead of having mobsters in it, suddenly started having gang members in it because gangs started thriving when the mob disappeared.

And then 9-11 hit.

And guess what happened?

We started chasing terrorists.

So terrorists became the biggest group in Witness Protection.

You want to know one of the number one groups in Witness Protection right now is actually accountants.

Because data is king right now.

And the thing that I love, just to directly answer your question, is figuring out how you hide.

At Witness Protection, the marshal service, we have nothing but respect for.

And it's funny, I'll tell you this one thing.

The other day at a book signing, a U.S.

marshal came up to me and said, I work for the marshal service.

I love your book, The Viper.

And I want to tell you where the secret safe house is.