By midafternoon…swish of fabric, Joan (Walsh) Howland, Limbert, Rosen. Ibrahim Yazdi…out of their hands, Laingen, Yazdi, Khoeniha.
13 Wheat Mold Before he was…than they themselves did, Limbert. Throughout the residence…and never returned, Cooke, Hall, Queen, Scott, Sickmann, Subic, Persinger, Sharer. After the moment…just a nightmare! Belk, Jones, Hermening, Kupke, Queen, Limbert, Hall.
14 Okay, Go Ahead and Shoot There was to be little…smoking cigarettes, Daugherty—both my interviews with him and his In the Shadow of the Ayatollah (ISA).
15 An Island of Stability Across a continent…Delta’s first mission, Beckwith, DF, Burruss, Fitch. Beckwith was northbound…Kennedy interview, Brzezinski, P&P, Carter, KF, Jordan, C, Precht, Powell, Kinzer, All the Shah’s Men (ASM), Cottam’s Nationalism in Iran (NI) and Iran and the United States (IUS), Turner, press accounts (New York Times, Washington Post), Valeriani.
16 Two Minutes of Hate Monday morning brought…heavy sleep, Limbert, Asgharzadeh, Rajaeefar, Hashemi, Hall, Parvaneh Limbert. Through that long…sixty-six hostages, Koob, Royer, Lijek.
17 Obviously, We Don’t Want to Do This Two days after…its response, Brzezinski, P&P, Jordan, C, Beckwith, DF, Burruss, Lenahan, Nightengale, Vaught. At a meeting of the National Security Council…“Islamic thugs?” Powell’s The Other Side of History (TOSH). Any hope of the higher powers…and so fast, Yazdi, Tabatabai, Khoeniha. Ibrahim Yazdi left his office…had the imam’s ear last, Yazdi. In his speech that day…willing to negotiate, news reports, Jordan, C, Brzezinski, P&P, Valeriani. As Hamilton Jordan…angry Americans, Jordan, C.
18 Yes, and This Is for You The hostages at the embassy…save his life, Belk, Hohman. As the students scrambled to organize themselves…if it came to that, Morefield, Hashemi. Bob Ode, the eldest of the hostages…“this is for you,” Ode, Sickmann. In the first week of confinement…they were being interrogated, Limbert. Bruce Laingen…making circles, Laingen, Tomseth, New York Times, Washington Post accounts, TV news tapes from the Carter Center.
19 George Lambrakis Having accomplished…significant enough? Hashemi, Scott (interview and Pieces of the Game), Keough, Sharer, Ebtekar, TT, T444DCT. Overview on embassy operations was provided primarily by Laingen. The role played by Captain Neil Robinson emerged from many interviews. Now an air force general assigned to the NSA, Robinson declined to be interviewed. Vice consul Richard Queen…given a raise without being informed, Queen (interview and IO). Kathryn Koob walked…she told them, Koob (interview and Guest of the Revolution [GR]). Al Golacinski was questioned about his watch…torture and interrogation, Golacinski. John Limbert was questioned…“ten years old at the time,” Limbert. Those interrogated…of the takeover, Hall. Many of those sessions…suited him fine, Golacinski. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Dave Roeder…led him back upstairs, Roeder, Ebtekar, Hashemi. If they had a hard time…where he would spend the next five months, Metrinko, Joan (Walsh) Howland.
20 “R” Designation Despite their clumsy and sometimes comical methods…he pleaded, Daugherty, National Security Archive. The students realized soon enough…he was told, Ahern.
1 We Don’t Have the Shadow or Superman Videotapes of TV news coverage from the Carter Center Library, news reports.
2 Forgive Me, Oh, Imam On a chilly Thanksgiving…a long time, Quarles, Maples, news reports. Quarles, Maples, and Gross…certain as a spy, Ebtekar (interview and TT), T444DCT. Joan Walsh…to freedom, Joan (Walsh) Howland. The release…“determined to avoid,” videotapes of news reports, including the 60 Minutes interview with Khomeini from the Carter Center Library, news reports, Powell.
3 Only Whores Go Without Underwear As winter settled over…an irregular schedule, the Mushroom Inn description and changing of the guards is drawn from my interviews and the Wells interviews, Queen, IO, and Scott, PG. Golacinski’s group…moved to a new spot, Golacinski, Roeder. Richard Queen…claim of importance, Queen (interview and IO), Hall, Lijek. The two remaining female hostages…Swift was taken away, Koob.
4 World-Devouring Ghouls Perhaps because…“Richard Owen,” Queen (interview and IO). Thirty-three hostages…five days after the takeover, news reports, Brzezinski, P&P, Carter, KF, Vance’s Hard Choices (HC). The first big session…photos in his pocket, Rita Ode, Dorothea Morefield, Penne Laingen, Barbara Rosen, DH, Shaplen (The New Yorker, June 2, 1980). For his part…pure capitulation, Brzezinski interview. At a foreign policy breakfast…the response would be swift and harsh, Brzezinski, KF, Jordan, C, TV news tapes from the Carter Center, Carter, KF, Moses’s Freeing the Hostages (FTH).
5 Davy Crockett Didn’t Have to Fight His Way In Burruss, Fitch, Schoomaker, Beckwith, DF, Ishimoto, Kyle’s The Guts to Try (GT), Nightengale, Holloway Commission.
6 The Corrupt of the Earth Limbert, Kupke, Graves, TW, The Spy Den Documents.
7 The Largest Thefts and Exploitations in History It would be hard to tell…he would never recover, news reports. Carter was considering…said Brzezinski, Moses, FTH, National Security Archive, TV news tapes from the Carter Center and the Morefield family. Carter was furious with the network…dare to assert control, Powell, Lenahan, Nightengale. House Speaker…“horseshit,” news reports, Nightengale, Burruss. Given the bewildering variety…condemn Carter and the American government, AP. When the shah attempted to…political weight, The Iran Hostage Crisis, a Chronology of Daily Developments, Jordan, C. At the White House…underscore his impotence, Carter, KF, Jordan, C, Brzezinski, P&P, memo obtained from the Carter Center Library. In a series of speeches…toward military action, Tehran Times. The president was briefed daily…left dark, Carter, KF.
8 The Cure Is an Airline Ticket Out of Here On the embassy grounds…“out of here,” Queen (interview and IO), Hall. The Mushroom Inn…three times a day, description of Hamid from Koob, Queen (the list
