of library rules is from IO, p. 130), Scott, Roeder, Golacinski, Rosen, DH, Sharer, Persinger, Royer. They were beginning…across the room, Golacinski, Roeder, Scott (interview and PG).
9 Escape Bill Belk had been moved…Christmas holidays, Belk (my interview and Wells interview). The approach of Christmas…on her “tree,” Koob.
10 Captivity Pageant On Christmas morning…entirely at ease, Hermening, Subic, Lauterbach, videotape from the Carter Center Library, Ebtekar, TT. In what the students…cut into her skin, news reports, videotape from the Carter Center Library, Kupke, Ebtekar, TT, Keough, Scott, PG, Koob. Several days…as its captives, Laingen, Tomseth. Vice consul Bob Ode…“not prayers,” Ode (interview and his diary), news reports. Despite its obvious…he was crushed, Limbert, Scott (interview and PG), Hall, Golacinski. Michael Metrinko…for two weeks, Metrinko, Ebtekar.
11 Invasion and Opportunity Charlie Beckwith decided…everyone around them understood, Burruss, Fitch, Beckwith, DF. Two other things happened…the president’s ear, news reports, Jordan, C, Associated Press chronology, Brzezinski, P&P, Salinger’s America Held Hostage (AHH). In the second week…dangerous business in Iran, news reports, Jordan, C.
1 They Started It, We Ended It After his questioners…eyes fell shut, Ahern. Some background information about Simon Farzami came from http://home.online.no/~hhakimi/album/abolh assan/abh.htm, National Security Archives, news reports. Ahern’s colleague Bill Daugherty… ended the interview, Daugherty, Schaefer, National Security Archive, TV news tapes from the Carter Center Library, Ahern, newspaper reports.
2 We Know What Route That Bus Takes CIA officers…“That’s it,” Limbert, Precht. Lieutenant Colonel Dave Roeder…should he take it? Roeder.
3 Happy New Year After more than…several times, Kirtley, Lopez (Wells interview and my interview), Gallegos, Sickmann, Royer, Persinger, Cooke, Golacinski, Roeder, Sharer, Koob, Scott (interview and PG), Queen (interview and IO), Belk, Hall. Queen’s condition…whatever it was, Queen (interview and IO), Hall.
4 That’s Illegal! On January 25…might finally be breaking Carter’s way, Jordan, C, Sick’s All Fall Down (AFD), Associated Press chronology. There was now…he was in on it, Kupke, news reports, Lopez, Sickmann, Persinger, Graves.
5 A Marvelous Coup Bill Belk’s combative…his next meal, Belk, Hohman, Ebtekar, TT. Next door, Limbert…“marvelous coup!” Limbert, Belk.
6 A New and Mutually Beneficial Relationship With a secret process…“lawless dictators,” news reports, videotapes from the Carter Center Library, Burruss, Fitch, Beckwith, DF, Kyle, GT, Schaefer. The students were feeling… even kind, Subic, Hermening, Lauterbach.
7 SAVAK! SAVAK! Inside Iran…future of Iran, Hashemi, Asgharzadeh. Their frustration…wanted to do, Limbert, Hall, Queen (interview and IO), Scott (interviews and PG), German, Ode, Kupke, Rosen (interview and DH), 444 Days to Freedom, Belk, Sharer, Englemann, Lopez, Keough, Cooke, Golacinski, Persinger, Roeder, Royer, Kennedy. After being assured repeatedly by Mohammad Hashemi and other former hostage takers that their captives had been treated gently and with respect at all times, I asked him about the mock execution. He said it never happened, that such stories were “lies.” “I have been interviewing former hostages all over the United States, dozens of them,” I told him. “And their memories about the incident are all in agreement, and agree with accounts they gave in interviews twenty years ago. They are all lying?” Hashemi said that he couldn’t vouch for every guard who took care of the hostages and every moment. “So now you are saying it might have happened?” I asked. He shrugged off the question. The mock execution…other guards, Kupke, Scott (interviews and PG). After the mock execution…and did, Hall, Scott, Keough.
8 Ham, They Are Crazy On the same day…“for years,” news reports, Jaffe, Rupiper, Lewis, Gallegos. There was reason to be more optimistic…“polls are accurate,” Jordan, C, Carter, KF, memo from Carter Center Library, TV news tapes from the Carter Center Library, The Iran Hostage Crisis, a Chronology of Daily Developments, Associated Press chronology.
9 Fie on Them All Laingen, Howland, Tomseth, news reports, 444 Days to Freedom.
10 The Atmosphere of Restraint Cannot Last Forever On March 13…to poison him, Jordan, C, Carter, KF, letter from the Carter Center Library, The Iran Hostage Crisis, a Chronology of Daily Developments, Sick, AFD.
11 I’m Not Going to Answer Questions from Anyone Wearing a Dress! On March 19…avenue of approach, Queen (interview and IO), Hall. John Limbert was moved…no one disputed, Limbert. The interrogations… him in months, Metrinko, Sharsar.
12 I Think We’re Ready As the month…Carney’s dirt bike, Carney (interviews and No Room for Error [NRE],…with some e-mail assistance from Bud McBroom). Over the same days…“I think we’re ready,” Burruss, Fitch, Schoomaker, Beckwith, DF.
PART FOUR
One Hundred and Thirty-Two Men
1 Bunny Sadr Forcing grown men…he went home, Queen (interview and IO), Hall, Ode, Sickmann, Lopez, Gallegos, Golacinski, Laingen, Metrinko. Jimmy Carter’s patience…his choice of words, Jordan, C, Carter, KF, Associated Press chronology, Precht.
2 A Beginning of the Dawn of Final Victory Easter in Tehran…for punishment, news reports, Rupiper, Strabala’s Prophets Without Honor (PWH), Koob, Golacinski, Hermening, Morefield, Gallegos, Queen, Hall. The successful, stealthy…seemed doable, Burruss, Fitch. President Carter’s crackdown…had traveled there on their own, Christopher’s Chances of a Lifetime (CL), Vance, HC, Jordan, C, Carter, KF, Brzezinski (interview and P&P), Powell interview, newspaper reports. ColonelBeckwith…April 24, Beckwith,
