This is John Bachelor, conversation with Brett Forrest for his new book Lost Son,

an American family trapped inside the FBI secret war.

This is a tragedy about a young American with talent and skill, language talent and skill,

caught up in the headlines, traveling to Russia, and then the mystery of it all. In this particular moment, Brett Forrest doing

his legwork, his research, he spent a lot of time in Russia over the decades, finds an explanation that doesn't suit the facts but is possible

about the whereabouts of the young man he's been pursuing in the course of the investigation, Billy Riley.

It's a sad story, it's a modern Russian story.

Someone can disappear into Russia for years.

Change your name.

Go to another part.

No transparency.

This is Lost Sun, an American family trapped inside the FBI's secret wars.

Brett Forrest of the Wall Street Journal is the author.

Nastia and I were sitting on a veranda

that sort of jutted out into the Don River

one summer afternoon that year. sort of

the dawned-river one summer afternoon that year.

We were at a hotel that was sort of Kossack style hotel.

They were large iron as cannons that still worked.

That were at the hotel and the staff wore,

or Cossack tunics.

Very interesting place. He felt the intrigue there, especially because Rostavandon at that

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