![]() I went to my National Security folks who helped me with the Red Cell Program. ![]() Most people didn't even know who they were for over a hundred years, because they took their secrets to the grave. And the Culper Ring helped Washington move information during the Revolutionary War. ![]() He started his secret spy ring, called the Culper Ring. MELTZER: Everything gets me thinking about history and say where else has this happened? Who else taps civilians? And George Washington was the first. INSKEEP: But it got you thinking about history. And, obviously as a novelist, I was just one of those regular citizens who they brought in. ![]() And the Red Cell Program brings together out-of-the box thinkers to really look at problems in a very different way. MELTZER: But I was honored to be part of what they called the Red Cell Program. And my first thought was, if they're calling me, we have bigger problems than anybody thinks. BRAD MELTZER (Author, "The Inner Circle"): A few years ago, the Department Homeland Security asked me to come in and brainstorm different ways that terrorists attack the United States. Meltzer says his fictional plot grew out of a real life experience. "The Inner Circle" imagines that the spy ring is passed on from one president to the next. ![]() The latest thriller novel from Brad Meltzer supposes that the president of the United States has a private ring of spies. ![]()
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