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ous reporting on Le Roux back when no one else was looking. Shay Aspril in Israel was onto CSWW in 2012. Marco Antônio Martins in Brazil uncovered Le Roux's 2012 arrest a year before anyone else. I am grateful to all of them for their work, and their willingness to discuss it with me. Likewise, in the Philippines Mar Supnad, Non Alquitran, and Vic Vizcocho all uncovered impor- tant pieces of Le Roux's organization through their reporting. The Australian's Mark Schliebs, in his own series on Le Roux, supplied facts about Le Roux's time in Sydney that I otherwise would not have found. Jefferey Gettleman and Sahal Abdulle generously shared recollections of their time with Felix Klaussen, experiences that were minor footnotes to their courageous work in Somalia. Ronen Bergman provided counsel and assistance in Israel.

I couldn't ask for a better advocate and friend through this pro- cess than my agent, David Kuhn, who not only shepherded this book to reality but also provided years of encouragement that gave me the confidence to attempt it. My thanks to the whole Ae- vitas team, especially Chelsey Heller, Kate Mack, and William LoTurco, for helping make it happen. At Creative Artists Agency, Michelle Kroes and Tiffany Ward have been tireless advocates for The Atavist Magazine, as have the management team at Circle of Confusion, and Darren Trattner. I would be lost in LA without Rick Jacobs at Skybound.

I benefited enormously from the input of readers and advisers along the way. Ali Kazemi let me borrow his legal mind countless times to understand my research. Jon Mooallem not only pre- served my sanity with his good humor and wisdom by phone every other week for years, he also helped me access an early draft. Max Linsky was a font of encouragement and thoughtful reflection about this book, and life. Robin Marantz Henig applied her expe- rience and editing acumen to this manuscript with a thoroughness and intensity well beyond what I could have dared ask, improving it many, many times over. This book is also the culmination of years of wonderful editing at magazines that I received from the likes of