The America at Night Files


It was with documentary evidence, most of it available - though often thoroughly obscured - in the public record, that, in late May and early June of 2004, I pieced together the story of Hirschfeld and Sensi, and then figured out what they were really up to. All of the documents I used then, and several other relevant documents that I have found since, are listed in the Bibliography section of America at Night. Many of the source materials I found most significant or useful are also identified, chapter by chapter, and fact by fact, in the Notes section of the book.

While I encourage everyone who is interested to sift through the archives, newspaper morgues, document boxes, databases, and filing cabinets of Washington and elsewhere to see for themselves the original public record materials that play an important part of the story told in my book, many readers will not have the time or opportunity to do so. For their convenience, some of the documents most relevant to the story told in America at Night, including some which are not public record but are in my possession, can be viewed below.