the fiction. but there s definitely a very close relationship between the fact and the fiction partly because so many of the writers of spy fiction who have defined how we think about the spy world were themselves former intelligence officers; graham green, john lecarry, ian freshmanning who wrote fleming who wrote bond. jon: the story of the exploding razor is worth the read. gordon caerer rah, the author of the art of the trail. thank you for being with us. arthel: glad we were able to get him back. jon: yes. interesting book. arthel: really, really sounds like it. her disappearance and affair with a congressman shocked the nation more than a decade ago. now the legal developments that could exonerate the man convicted in chandra levy s murder. plus, we re only minutes away from a statement at the white house. president obama s pick for his chief of staff. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. i just served my mother-in-law your chicken noodle soup