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category: "Authors & Journalists"
tags:
- Person
- Journalist
- Author
summary: "Investigative journalist and author of The Crimes of Patriots, which documented Michael Hand's escape from Australia after Nugan Hand Bank collapsed."
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[[Jonathan Kwitny]] was the author of the book *The Crimes of Patriots*. In his book, Kwitny reported that [[Michael Hand]] reportedly fled [[Australia]] under a false identity on June 14, 1980, on a flight to [[Fiji]]. He also identified an American code-named "Charlie" as a former member of the [[United States Army Special Forces|U.S. Special Forces]] and ex-[[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] operative who allegedly helped Hand escape.[^1]
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### Footnotes
[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.