Well ... the author could play dirty as well.<p>If the CIA paid $500,000 per &quot;settlement&quot; and 1000 people left their service between 1960 and 1974, then it&#x27;s obviously a cool half billion dollars.<p>In other words, make something up ... then bury a note deep at the end of the end-notes that admits the numbers are &quot;estimates&quot;.  Who says you have to play fair?