Ten Feet
The body on the floor of Saydnaya has a number written on its chest in black marker. The number is 3659. The body has been photographed from three angles: face, profile, full length. The photographer is wearing rubber boots. He has taken this photograph before. He will take it again.
0 for 6 Conditions historically required for successful regime change that are present in Iran. The teleprompter was an Autocue MSP17. Seventeen-inch panel, broadcast-standard brightness, the kind of unit they keep in a pelican case in the basement of the West Wing for moments that require the appearance of spontaneity.
You already know. You know a rich man had an island. You know about the planes and the girls and the famous names in the flight logs. You know he went to prison once, briefly, for a crime that should have put him away for life, and you know he