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The Greatest Vendetta on Earth

By Jeff Stein · Salon.com · August 2001

The Greatest Vendetta on Earth

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"Why would the head of Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey hire a former top CIA honcho to torment a hapless freelance writer for eight years?"

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