On the morning of November 17th, 1962, FBI headquarters in Washington D.C. took on “all the trappings of a military command post,†according to historian William Breuer. The previous night an intelligence puzzle had finally come together. The resulting picture staggered the FBI men. And these had served at their posts during WWII and the height of the Cold War. They’d seen plenty. Now they had mere days to foil a crime against their nation to rival Hideki Tojo’s.At the time (pre-Mueller! And pre-Comey!), the FBI relied heavily on “HUMINT†(Human Intelligence.) So they’d expertly penetrated the plot, identified the ringleaders...