And, on the other side here we have one of Staples founders ex-wives deeply involved in quasi-Soviet intrigue with close ties to people who know Fidel Castro and former Soviet espionage officers first hand.
So, where did you imagine some of the war was being fought?
TiaS is correct about the Mormon mafia. They controlled access to Hughes up to his death. They kept Hughes drugged up and exploited their connections, just like how Boreman controlled access to Hitler. If you control access to the leader, it makes you very powerful as Speer and Goering found out.
I thought that was Glomar Explorer — not Challenger. Was there another one?