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“Not guilty”: Dobbs, 213.

“What should be done with them? Should they be shot or hanged?”: Dobbs, 223.

“The United States and the German Reich are now at war”: Dobbs, 242–43.

“damned scoundrels . . . low-down, ordinary, enemy spies”: Dobbs, 241.

“Yes, sir”: Dobbs, 259.

Letter from Herbie Haupt to his Parents: Dobbs, 250.

“Inter Arma Silent Leges”: Dobbs, 270.

“I certainly hope the military”: Dobbs, 268.

“The opinion was not good literature”: Dobbs, 269.

“an obsessive, compulsive, neurotic personality type”: Dobbs, 270–71.

Notes on specific scenes and characters:

In the Supreme Court courtroom scene, we quote from a memo that Frankfurter wrote to his colleagues. As currently written, it’s clear that Frankfurter is not saying the quote live during the oral argument, but it is ambiguous in our story when Frankfurter actually wrote it. According to the record, he actually wrote it a few months later, as the Court was trying to write the opinion.

Peter Burger actually did send Hoover a Christmas card annually after his release. The scene in December 1971 where Hoover is going through Christmas cards is, however, imagined.

The epilogue tells the story of Yasir Hamdi. We have told the story as if Hamdi and his family were credible sources, although, of course, they had an incentive to whitewash his actions in Afghanistan.

In addition, the Hamdi decision is a complicated and controversial decision, and any interpretation of it is likely to generate disagreement. There is ongoing debate about what the decision means and we used the case merely to prove the point that the saboteurs’ decision continues to influence important cases.

Chapter 9: Who Is Tokyo Rose?

Most of the facts used to create this story came from the following sources:

Close, Frederick P. Tokyo Rose/An American Patriot: A Dual Biography . Scarecrow Press, 2009.

Duus, Masayo. Tokyo Rose: Orphan of the Pacific . Kodansha America, 1979.

Gunn, Rex B. They Called Her Tokyo Rose . Expanded 2nd ed. Brent Bateman, 2008.

Howe, Russell Warren. The Hunt for “Tokyo Rose.” Madison Books, 1989.

Kawashima, Yasuhide. The Tokyo Rose Case: Treason on Trial . University Press of Kansas, 2013.

“ ‘Tokyo Rose’ Vindicated Before Her Death.” Human Events , September 27, 2006. http://www.humanevents.com/2006/09/27/tokyo-rose-vindicated-before-her-death/.

Most of the dialogue in this chapter was imagined, but the following quotations were taken in whole or in part from the historical record:

“We will show that in one broadcast after the Battle of Leyte Gulf”: Gunn, 189.

“The men often tune in on Radio Tokyo to hear the cultured, accentless English”: Close, 199.

“ ‘homesicky’ . . . This is an Imperial Order . . . The only women we can trust, Iva”: Gunn, 81.

“This is crazy! I can’t do this! I’m no good at it”: Kawashima, 32.

“Until we’ve defeated Japan”: Howe, 26.

“Who is Tokyo Rose? Tokyo Rose delivers”: Close, 199–200.

“Greetings, everybody!”: Gunn, 115.

“No one knows for sure who Tokyo Rose really is”: Close, 200.

“Want to make a deal?”: Kawashima, 38.

“You are Tokyo Rose? . . . I am just one of them”: Duus, 21.

“You worked at Radio Tokyo . . . You announced”: Duus, 21–22.

“she will do”: Duus, 22.

“The one and original Tokyo Rose”: Duus, 22.

“TRAITOR’S PAY: TOKYO ROSE GOT 100 YEN A MONTH . . . $6.60 . . . In an exclusive interview with this correspondent”: Duus, 25.

“Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. America, and all the ships at sea!”: Duus, 111.

“Emperor-lovers and friends of the Zaibatsu”: Duus, 117.

“There is insufficient evidence to make out a prima facie case”: Gunn, 168.

“The government witnesses, almost to a man”: Gunn, 169.

“The government’s evidence likewise will show”: Gunn, 169.

“Any other Japanese bring you food besides”: Gunn, 219.

“Did you do anything whatsoever . . . Never”: Duus, 208.

“Has the jury arrived at a verdict? . . . Guilty”: Kawashima, 1.

“Throughout an ordeal that has lasted decades, Iva Toguri”: “Tokyo Rose Vindicated Before Her Death,” Human Events , September 26, 2006, http://www.humanevents.com/2006/09/27/tokyo-rose-vindicated-before-her-death/.

“I’m proud of you, girl. You didn’t change your stripes”: Duus, 130.

Notes on specific scenes and characters:

Some details in the July 4, 1946, scene are imagined, including the exact date. What’s known is that around that time a group of peeping-tom congressmen watched her get out of the shower in prison.

One year before Iva Toguri’s trial, Thomas DeWolfe wrote a memo in which he said that the charges against her should not be brought and could not be proven. However, we do not know for certain that he believed her to be innocent at the time of the trial.

The description of the government’s case against Iva is told from Iva’s point of view. Undoubtedly, if told from the government’s point of view, the case against her would appear stronger. In addition, we say that Harry Brundidge suborned perjury from Mitsushio and Oki. Brundidge did actually go to Japan and suborn perjury from some potential witnesses, but we don’t know whether Mitsushio’s and Oki’s perjury was directly suborned by Brundidge or by someone else.

Chapter 10: The Battle of Athens: Repeated Petitions, Repeated Injuries

Most of the facts used to create this story came from the following sources:

“The Battle of Athens: 2 August 1946.” http://www.constitution.org/mil/tn/batathen.htm.

“The Battle of Athens, Tennessee.” Guns and Ammo (October 1995): 50–51. http://jpfo.org/filegen-a-m/athens.htm.

Byrum, C. Stephen. The Battle of Athens, Tennessee . Tapestry Press, 1996.

Gibson, Kelly. “Ex-GIs Battle for the Ballot.” VFW Magazine , August 2012.

Martin, Ralph G. The GI War, 1941–1945 . Little, Brown, 1967.

Pierce, Charles P. “The Battle of Athens Revisited.” Esquire , December 18, 2012. http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/larry-pratt-gun-owners-action-league-on-battle-of-athens-121812.

Seiber, Lones. “The Battle of Athens.” American Heritage , February/March 1985.

“Tennessee: Battle of the Ballots.” Time , August 12, 1946.

University of Tennessee Knoxville, An Interview with Bill White for the Veteran’s Oral History Project, 2000. Note: Bill White’s oral history was given fifty-four years after the events and some of his recollections are inconsistent with the recollections of others who were present. For these reasons, we do not consider White’s oral history to be entirely reliable, and we consequently were not bound by it.

White, Theodore H. “The Battle of Athens, Tennessee.” Harper’s Monthly (January 1947): 54–60.

Most of the dialogue in this chapter was imagined, but the following quotations were taken in whole or in part from the historical record:

“My God, there ain’t none of them gonna get in here”: Bill White Oral History, 12.

“Jesus is Coming Soon!” and “Prepare to Meet God!”: White, “The Battle of Athens, Tennessee.”

“Got some big huntin’ to do—some big huntin”: Byrum, 121.

“You can’t vote . . . You can’t vote here today!”: Byrum, 129.

“bravest of the brave . . . best of the best”: Bill White Oral History, 39.

“That government, being instituted for the common benefit”: Martin, 490.