Could it have started with a stack of old maganzines and this tour de force vanity posted on FreeRepublic, and grown into nearly 700 pages and over 20 appendices? Not entirely. His previous books, including Iraq's Smoking Gun certainly indicate Mr. Pender has taken in far more than back issues of U.S. News and Time. I don't have the new book yet myself, but thought I'd give freepers who do (and of course the author) an opportunity to comment. Here's an excerpt from one of the customer reviews on Amazon: He also includes a gigantic amount of information from government...