Ignorance is Bliss (excerpt)

"Martin nodded his understanding of the situation without taking his eyes off the audition in progress on the other side of a sound proof one-way mirror. The casting director was, in fact, an Iraqi interrogator from D.I.A. whose specialty was breaking people’s spirits and getting to the truth. Since these were actors aspiring to a career in the Washington, D.C. area, half the job was already done."

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