The Soviet division was still paralyzed by the conspiracy theories of Jim Angleton, who remained in charge of American counterintelligence.

The Korean- American counterintelligence officer had had a distinctively shaped hairline and ears that Jack had taken note of during earlier meetings.

Cohen thought it was possible that Aaron and Levi's unintentional fumblings had tipped Colben to Operation Jonah, a seven-year infiltration of American counterintelligence agencies.