Epilogue

Blood Money - http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2011-03-16-pakistan-frees-cia-contractor_N.htm

Part 3, Chapter 1 - Codetta

Codetta - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coda_%28music%29#Codetta

The Truck - http://www.usedvacuumtrucks.com/custompage.asp?pg=amthor

Protective Detail Training - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUjdFEt5uzY

Part 2, Chapter 24 - Deceiving Heaven

Arab Slave Trade - http://www.scaruffi.com/politics/slavetra.html You can find this info many places, this is just one of the more concise.

Qaeda Non-Arabs - http://articles.cnn.com/2004-07-17/us/fbi.bulletin_1_terror-group-al-qaeda-operatives-fbi?_s=PM:US

Srebrenica - http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/06/bosnian_serb_ratko_mladic_capt.html

Part 2, Chapter 23 - Dead Man's Chest

Walk-In Games - http://www.deseretnews.com/article/print/705337914/Cuba-sent-spies-to-misinform-experts-say.html

D.C. Forts - http://civilwarstoriesofinspiration.wordpress.com/2008/09/21/arlington-ridge-sees-wars-beginning-end/

Fountain Avenue - http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/12/nyregion/thecity/12murd.html

Part 2, Chapter 22 - Doofusarius

Cookies, Beacons & Trackers - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703940904575395073512989404.html

Scraping - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703358504575544381288117888.html

Thermite - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cylIGRfhJQU

Part 2, Chapter 21 - You Say Potato, I Say London

Z Backscatter Vans - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWXyuqKhWEk

Wall Scanners - http://www.finehomebuilding.com/PDF/Free/021217020.pdf

The Architect - http://www.aoc.gov/aoc/index.cfm

Part 2, Chapter 20 - Jethro's Crib

Propofol - http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1918363,00.html

Jitters - http://blogs.forbes.com/beltway/2011/05/16/new-radio-could-revolutionize-combat-for-u-s-forces/

Be Elvis - http://www.thevelvetstore.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=vs02&Category_Code=13

Part 2, Chapter 19 - Magically Delicious

Smith - http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0011102/bio

Bazalgette - http://historyday.coldray.com/introduction/

The Pier, The Bridge, and The Highlines - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mnkaren/4888403662/

Part 2, Chapter 18 - Henchmen Eat Free

Sneak & Peek - http://www.koat.com/r/27922147/detail.html

Taser XREP - http://www.flickr.com/photos/38263556@N05/3650336511/in/photostream

The Dome, The Mount, The Gate and The Waiting Dead - http://www.pilgrimimages.com.au/shopping/pgm-more_information.php?id=27&=SID

Part 2, Chapter 17 - Allah's Shotgun

Hopper Ave - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075314/trivia?tr=tr0777297

EFP Formation - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Explosively_formed_penetrator.gif

Ozone Generators - http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/04/14/scent-killing-machine-sweet-choice-terrorists/

Part 2, Chapter 16 - Cut The Red Wire

Mrs. Schrödinger - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SjFJImg2Z8

NSL too much work? Just use a Post-It - http://reason.com/blog/2010/01/20/why-use-a-national-security-le

Taxi Mobile Data Terminal - http://www.digital-dispatch.com/dispatch-solutions/mobile-data-terminals/vector800

Part 2, Chapter 15 - Tiger Penis Soup

Ras Mo - http://www.divebubbles.com/ras-mohammed-national-park/

Mmm, Mmm, Good - http://listverse.com/2009/10/06/top-10-most-bizarre-soups/

Sunderbans - http://www.sunderbansnationalpark.com/

JMB - http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/bangladesh/terroristoutfits/JMB.htm

Part 2, Chapter 14 - Eating Mastodon

The Club - http://www.clubcorp.com/Clubs/Town-Point-Club/Amenities/Dining

Wisconsin - http://www.hnsa.org/ships/wisconsin.htm

Printing 101 - http://fd258.com/. Not sure why the video guy needs a fake vest to stand in a storage closet.

Part 2, Chapter 13 - Helpy Helperton

Aluminum Dust Danger - http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/faster-forward/post/apple-partner-foxconn-confirms-third-death-cause-of-explosion/2011/05/23/AFnKVk9G_blog.html

Lippmann Objectivity - http://www.concernedjournalists.org/lost-meaning-objectivity

The Secret Art - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-Six_Stratagems

Part 2, Chapter 12 - Mad Dog

Automated Plate Recognition - http://www.elsag.com/index.asp

Van Eck - http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/security/wim-van-ecks-legacy/634

Padlocks & Aluminum Cans - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRjNnnLOpmE

Part 2, Chapter 11 - Snogging the Elephant Man

Capitol Subway - http://www.belowthecapital.org/capitol/

Hideaways - http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,277693,00.html

State of the Unions - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/23/business/23labor.html?adxnnl=1&ref=stevengreenhouse&adxnnlx=1295630561-iJn2TNDUX6eIAOwhGgUuzw

Part 2, Chapter 10 - Trashmore

CNN on one branch’s SERE training - http://www.training.sfahq.com/survival_training.htm

Trashmore - http://www.baltimoresun.com/travel/beaches/bal-bab-vatrashmore,0,4662582.story

Wiretaps? Have all ya want - http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/Statistics/WiretapReports/2009/2009Wiretaptext.pdf

Part 2, Chapter 9 - Br'er Rabbit

Nazis & Tribunals - http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/history/famous-cases/nazi-saboteurs

Underground Smithsonian - http://siarchives.si.edu/history/exhibits/historic/84_11807_18.gif

One Million Dollars - http://www.cockeyed.com/inside/million/million.html

Part 2, Chapter 8 - Creamed Corn and Doorknobs

Iranian Benz- http://www.autosinsight.com/file/33695/mercedes-benz-begins-e-class-production.html

AmEmbassy Tehran - http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1910361,00.html

Onion Routing - https://www.torproject.org/about/overview.html.en

Part 2, Chapter 7 - Zoinks

Old-School Picking - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVYS8R5Xqcw

Keel Laying - http://www.marinelink.com/news/article/keel-laying-ceremony-for-cvn-77/324797.aspx

Phone Tracking - http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10453214-38.html

Part 2, Chapter 6 - Plastron Corp

Your Badge and … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dK0Hbf5rEY

Geotags - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/12/technology/personaltech/12basics.html

In-Car Video - http://www.eagleyetech.com/police/in-car-video/

Part 2, Chapter 5 - Lounge Lizards

Be a Larry - http://www.amazon.com/Leisure-Suit-Larrys-Ultimate-Pleasure-Pc/dp/B00003OPCR/ref=tag_dpp_lp_edpp_img_in

Sam's Ex - http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/judicial/2010-09-22-federal-prosecutors-reform_N.htm

Women’s Titanic - http://landlopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/titanic.jpg

Part 2, Chapter 4 - The Sicilian Dragon

Lock Bumping – http://revision3.com/scamschool/lockpick#rev3Player

Weekends in Englewood & BotY - http://streetknowledge.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/chicago-gangs-give-city-deadly-weekend32-shot-2-stabbed-6-dead/

SuperGlue - http://www.vat19.com/brain-candy/accidental-inventions-fingerprinting.cfm

Part 2, Chapter 3 - Tweedledum and Tweedledee

Times Square - http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/05/03/us-timessquare-vendors-idUSTRE64209V20100503

Tunnel Anatomy - http://hamptonroads.com/2009/09/beneath-your-tunnel-drive-vast-system-safe-travel

Holland Explosion - via Google books

Part 2, Chapter 2 - Ding Dong Bubble

Ding Dong - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVbiJHLPi9o

Manuals - https://www.netc.navy.mil/centers/CSF/CoursesOffered.aspx?ID=15

SIM Cards - http://cellphones.about.com/od/cell_phone_glossary/g/sim.htm

Part 2, Chapter 1 - South by Northwest

Cassandra - http://www.arthistory.sbc.edu/imageswomen/papers/fittoncassandra/intro.html

Great Dismal - http://gradschool.unc.edu/programs/royster/explorenc/northeast/northeast/dismalswamp.html

Istiqlal - http://beautifulmosques.com/?tag=istiqlal-mosque

Laskar Jihad - http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,187655,00.html

Part 1, Chapter 16 - Point of Attack

Yves Helori - http://www.duhaime.org/LawMuseum/LawArticle-1135/Ives-Helori-France-1253-1303.aspx

Point of Attack - https://www.msu.edu/~jdowell/litterms.html

Crabtown Overlook - http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=2900

Part 1, Chapter 15 - Sheeple

GAO on PSC Cost - http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-266R

Where the Money Is - http://washingtontechnology.com/toplists/top-100-lists/2009.aspx

Corporal Timmy - http://www.thenation.com/article/other-war-iraq-vets-bear-witness-0?page=full

Part 1, Chapter 14 - Prisoner's Dilemma

The Dilemma - http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/prisoner-dilemma/

Play It - http://www.gametheory.net/Mike/applets/PDilemma/Pdilemma.html

We DO make a federal case out of it - http://www.2009transition.org/criminaljustice/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=86

Lobsters - http://www.overcriminalized.com/CaseStudy/McNab-Imprison-by-Foreign-Laws.aspx

Part 1, Chapter 13 - Tire Necklaces

the Towne - via Google Maps

Typical ROE - http://library.enlisted.info/field-manuals/series-3/FM100-23/APPD.PDF

Quds in Karbala - http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/06/iraqi_police_detain.php

Part 1, Chapter 12 - Sforzando

Subito Forzando - http://piano.about.com/od/termsrelatingtodynamics/g/GL_sfz.htm

Chinese AP - http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2007/07/chinese-made-ar/

RPG-7 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZnBzfhSmUU

Part 1, Chapter 11 - Kashmir'yan

A Wardak Province Village - http://www.blackfive.net/photos/uncategorized/2009/03/10/baker_hires_090308d1852b156a.jpg

The Sword - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_ibn_al-Walid

Shura - http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/05/23/world/1247467895749/an-afghan-reconciliation.html

Part 1, Chapter 10 - Scariana

I Heart Scariana - http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2007-04-01-afghan-airline-on-brink-of-collapse_N.htm

Old Terminal - http://www.mieahmtphotography.org/2010/05/kabul-airport.html

Former Runway Scenery - http://www.prixpictet.com/files/artworks/modified/534/4516.zoom.jpg

Part 1, Chapter 9 - Dukakis Moment

A’stan’s Trillions in Resources - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/world/asia/14minerals.html?pagewanted=print

Charitable Giving - http://www.american.com/archive/2008/march-april-magazine-contents/a-nation-of-givers

The Moment - http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0309/lm10.html

Part 1, Chapter 8 - Dogwelder

Sargat Biotoxins – http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3070394/ns/world_news/t/positive-test-terror-toxins-iraq/

That Other Ed Thatch - http://www.republicofpirates.net/Blackbeard.html

Dogwelder – http://bluepoetic.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/dogwelder-intro.jpg

Part 1, Chapter 7 - Road to Kabul

Sex Gel and Stolen Documents - http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080615044616.kninin1b&show_article=1

Rockin’ the Chaderi - http://fullofbees.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/blue-burqa.jpg

Kabul Traffic - http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/10/17/kabul.jpeg

The Mighty Kabul - http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MG_2110.JPG

Part 1, Chapter 6 - Proposition

Haidtha Prosecutions: Still Ongoing - http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/military/article_42117c87-9042-5cc4-97d4-4d171f9c2685.html

Shinwar Initial Reporting - http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,256458,00.html

Three Faiths, One Book - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawrat

Part 1, Chapter 5 - Eight Mile

B-hut 101 - http://armymomstrong.com/b-huts-a-place-to-hang-your-hat-in-afghanistan/

Big Brother Narus is Watching You - http://www.narus.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=73&Itemid=289

Running Bagram - http://oswegocountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/cuyler1.jpg

Part 1, Chapter 4 - Mouthbreathers

Willkommen auf der Adlon - http://vrtour.kempinski-hotels.com/KIBER2/en/86.html

The Battle - http://greatmilitarybattles.com/Battle%20of%20Berlin.htm

Khaldei’s “Fall of Berlin” (Retouched) - http://www.famouspictures.org/mag/index.php?title=File:Reichstag_flag2.jpg

Part 1, Chapter 3 - Fobbits

SWEET Jingle Trucks – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzsKihdtcgA&feature=related

A tiny fraction of the "materiel" – http://kimberlywarner.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/bagram-and-bagram.jpg

A’stan: Junkyard of Empires – http://www.urbanghostsmedia.com/2009/10/the-road-to-bagram/

Part 1, Chapter 2 - Riding Venus

The C40-B: Your Congressperson’s $70 million “Office in the Sky” - http://www.boeing.com/news/frontiers/archive/2006/march/mainfeature.html

Hasty Generalization … even Batman knows better. http://garry.posterous.com/truly-excellent-batman-and-rob

Salamanders and Three Ways to Stack the Deck - http://geography.about.com/od/politicalgeography/a/gerrymandering.htm

Part 1, Chapter 1 - The Noodle Incident

The “gravel-filled wire mesh boxes” are Hesco Barriers, and they’ve changed force protection the same way barbed wire did. http://www.hesco.com/video/TRL_double.html

The Noodle Incident is an old trope, but the trope-namer—as with all things Calvin-and-Hobbes—is the best. http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Noodle_Incident

Local convoy security paying protection money to Afghani insurgents is the norm. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5327683.ece

The Capital Visitors Center: Oy vey. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/02/capitol-visitor.html

Prologue

The cackle bladder exists and like the big con, it's been around so long it's hard to know where it started. The Story of The Confidence Man.

Disappearing is itself a disappearing art---in increasingly electronic, computerized, and digitally connected societies, it's nearly impossible. Nearly. How to Disappear.