1. “The Art of Flattery,” 13.
2. RN, 497.
3. Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File.
4. Intriguing Life, 96.
5. Tom Hughes, interview with the author, October 22, 2020.
6. Intriguing Life, 96.
7. Jack Anderson, “6 Attempts to Kill Castro Laid to CIA,” Washington Post, January 18, 1971, p. B7.
8. Memorandum for the Record, Subject: Robert A Maheu, January 5, 1971, NARA/JFK RIF #104–10133–10033, https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=13192.
9. Ewing was working for Anthony and Robbyn Summers while they wrote their book Arrogance of Power. Ewing-Maheu interview notes courtesy of Anthony and Robbyn Summers.
10. Arrogance of Power, 197; Memorandum Personal and confidential, To: Senator Ervin, From: Terry Lenzner and Marc Lackritz, Subject: Relevance to S. Res. 60 of John Rosselli’s testimony about his CIA activities, undated, https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=148916#relPageId=319. Found in “Miscellaneous Records of the Church Committee,” NARA/JFK RIF #157–10014–10242.
11. Greg Herken, The Georgetown Set: Friends and Rivals in Cold War Washington (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014), 348.
12. RN, 502.
13. “U.S.: Laos Push Doing Well,” New York Daily News, February 23, 1971, 4. White House Tapes, OVAL 459–002a, February 27, 1971; OVAL OVAL 462–005a, March 5, 1971. Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, Yorba Linda, California.
14. Eugenio Martinez, “Mission Impossible: The Watergate Bunglers,” Harper’s, October 1974, 51.
15. Dirty Tricks, 123.
16. Rolando Martinez Oral History, Nixon Library (“made us believe,” 49:00; “organization between the CIA and the FBI,” 54:00).
17. From: Deputy Director of Security, To: Central Cover Staff, Subject: Request for Utilization of Hunt in a Project, October 27, 1970, NARA/JFK RIF #104–10119–10320.
18. Bob Woodward, “Prosecution of Helms Ruled Out,” Washington Post, February 20, 1976, p. A1.
19. “Spying on Americans,” citing Church Committee, Vol. 2, Exhibit 31, “Memorandum for the File,” FBI, April 12, 1971, https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/documents/spying-americans-new-release-infamous-huston-plan/18a.pdf.
20. “Spying on Americans,” citing Church Committee, Vol. 2, Exhibit 31, From: William Ruckelshaus, To: Henry Petersen, “Interagency Committee on Intelligence (Ad Hoc),” May 18, 1973, https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/20445-national-security-archive-doc-23-fbi-memorandum.
21. Nightmare, 29.
22. Lost Crusader, 258.
23. Richard Halloran, “Helms Defends the CIA As Vital to a Free Society,” New York Times, April 15, 1971, p. 1.
24. “His Mission Is Facts,” New York Times, April 15, 1971, p. 30.
25. White House Years, 716.
26. White House Years, 722.
27. White House Years, 723.
28. Strong Man, 113.
29. Charles Colson, Born Again (New York: Bantam, 1976), 40–44.
30. Dean commented in “From the Pentagon Papers to Watergate,” moderated by Julia Rose Kraut, at a conference sponsored by the University of Massachusetts Amherst, April 30, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whl1anjNZfo.
31. Dirty Tricks, 92.
32. RN, 512.
33. Nixon: Alone in the White House, p. 339.