The Mukhabarat officer dismissed Twetten’s scruples. He made his point with an anecdote: “A couple of years ago, we had a Russian intelligence officer in Baghdad who ran over and killed somebody on the street. We took care of him. He didn’t have to go home—we just covered it up, paid a little money to the family, and that was that. That’s what intelligence services do for each other. Now, why can’t I have some pistols?”
