Arms and the Dudes: How Three Stoners From Miami Beach Became the Most Unlikely Gunrunners in History
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terrorism:
9/11 attacks of, 22–23
war on, xv, 4, 5, 7, 13, 100, 124, 126, 144, 146, 147, 163, 178, 197, 206
Thomet, Henri, 25, 126, 236
and AEY’s AK-47 ammo contract, 61, 69, 70–72, 86, 96–99, 101, 103, 109, 115, 135–37, 139, 141, 160, 164–65, 167
on AEY’s competitors, 54
AEY’s deals with, 19, 21–22, 24, 44, 47–49, 50, 51
Chivers’s interview of, 195
on DDTC watch list, 48, 50, 51, 194, 195
at Eurosatory trade show, 47
greed of, 214
MEICO and, 135–36, 140, 141
Merrill and, 19, 21, 98, 136–37
Packouz and, 211
physical appearance of, 47
profit margins of, 71
shell companies of, 47, 71, 141, 163, 164, 194, 195
Tiananmen Square crackdown, 67
Tirana, Albania, 109
Defense Attaché Office in, 170
Diveroli in, 2, 5, 137–42, 144–46, 163
Mentavlos in, 191–94
Podrizki in, xvi, 2, 110–15, 119–23, 126–27, 128–33, 138–41, 144–46, 149–51, 158–59, 161, 170, 192–93
US Embassy in, 122–23, 132–33, 171, 199, 225, 229, 237
Together Forward, Operation, 53
trade shows, defense industry, 38–39, 46–48, 75–76, 88–93, 157, 211
Trebicka, Kosta, 127
AEY contract renegotiated by, 134–36
ammo repacking and, 128–33
Chivers’s interview with, 164, 175, 193, 195
Diveroli’s canceling of deal with, 141, 142, 150, 158, 196
e-mail to House Oversight Committee sent by, 230, 231
and Gërdec disaster evidence, 231
House Oversight Committee testimony of, 229
Justice Department’s attempt to compel grand jury testimony by, 230
Kokolari and, 161–62, 193–94
Mentavlos accused of obstruction of justice by, 230–31
Mentavlos’s meetings with, 193, 228–29, 231
mysterious death of, 231–33
Newsome’s meeting with, 132, 229–30
NY Times story and, 228
phone call to Diveroli recorded by, 159–61, 195
Podrizki and, 128–33, 134–35, 158–59
Shekulli contacted by, 161
in threats against Pinari, 158–59
Wood’s interview with, 196
Turkmenistan, 3, 60, 99, 134
22 Bunkers, 172, 190, 203, 205–6, 208
.223–caliber ammunition contract, 8–9, 11–12
Ukraine, 169, 211
United States:
China’s relations with, 112
Russia’s relations with, 4, 59–60
Uzbekistan, 3, 99
Uzis, 18, 19, 95
Vidak (pseud.), 89–90
Vinnell, 14–15
Virginia State Police, 232
Walck, Ronald, 121–22, 172, 234
Wall Street Journal, 162
Wardak, Hamed, 173
war on terror, xv, 4, 5, 7, 13, 100, 124, 126, 144, 146, 147, 163, 178, 197, 206
Waxman, Henry, 225–26
weapons:
“standard” vs. “nonstandard,” 17
see also specific weapons
weapons of mass destruction, Iraq’s lack of, 23, 107
Wells Fargo:
AEY’s factoring agreement with, 85, 168
Dynacore’s factoring agreement with, 213
Wiesner, Albert, 205–6
Winemiller, Kristoff, 170–71
Winternitz, Andrew, 142–43
Wood, Nick:
Damnjanovic story of, 195–96
Mediu interviewed by, 196–99
NY Times AEY investigation and, 195–99
Trebicka interviewed by, 196
Xbox 360s, 33–35
Xinshidai Company, 104
Yugoimport, 52, 86, 157, 211
Zimbabwe, 18
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