Prose recalled Russo always drove with manic intensity, making sharp U-turns and checking his rearview mirror, as if monitoring whether he was being followed. Prose, who met the whistleblower at a friend's poker game, would spend many nights careening with Russo around the hilly city, listening to his stories about injustices he had witnessed in Vietnam and at RAND Corporation.
He could have had this amazing career as an aeronautical space engineer or analyst and completely gave it up because he'd gone to Vietnam and seen what was going on over there, recalled Prose, now 77. I was very drawn to people who were willing to risk something for something they believed in.
The new book is her first memoir. Surprisingly, Prose says it only occurred to her to write about her experience with Russo about three years ago, at a friend's suggestion.
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