Sons of Wichita: How the Koch Brothers Became America's Most Powerful and Private Dynasty (50 page)

29. “
esoteric concepts
”: Statement by David H. Koch, March 22, 2012.

30. “
providing intellectual ammunition
”: “Cato Goes to War,” Slate.com, March 5, 2012.

31. “
They thought wrong
”: Statement by Charles G. Koch, March 8, 2012.

32. “
some sort of auxiliary for the GOP
”: “Cato Institute Is Caught in a Rift Over Its Direction,”
The New York Times
, March 6, 2012.

33.
“rule or ruin” strategy
: Statement by David H. Koch, March 22, 2012.

34. “
undermine our community’s intellectual defenses
”: FreedomWorks Statement Regarding Koch-Cato Lawsuit, April 12, 2012.

35. “
contract killers in super-PAC land
”: “Obama Campaign to Go After ‘Contract-Killer’ Super Pac Ads,”
Roll Call
, May 7, 2012.

36. “
carefully orchestrated campaign of vituperation
”: “Obama’s Enemies List,”
Wall Street Journal
, February 1, 2012.

37. “
if somebody’s out to cheat me
”: “The Jefferson Bottles,”
The New Yorker
, September 3, 2007.

38.
cell phone ring tone
: Ibid.

39.
perhaps a dental drill
: Benjamin Wallace,
The Billionaire’s Vinegar
(Crown, 2008), p. 250.

40. “
This is
National Treasure
”: Ibid., p. 254.

41. “
I absolutely can’t stand to be cheated
”: “Billionaire William Koch Wins Trial over Fake French Wine,” Bloomberg.com, April 12, 2013.

42.
over a glass of fine wine
: “Billionaire Wins Wine Fight; Jury Awards Him $380,000,” Associated Press, April 11, 2013.

43.
a forensic review of his employees’ communications
:
Oxbow Carbon v. Kirby Martensen
(15th Fla., 2012), complaint.

44. “
I’m doing it because I can
”: “Bill Koch’s Wild West Adventure,”
5280
, February 2013.

45.
The phone and Internet service
: Colorado Bureau of Investigation, “Gunnison County Sheriff’s Office Official Misconduct Report,” November 5, 2012.

46. “
Would you feel the same way about Kirby
”:
Kirby Martensen v. William Koch
(N.D. Cal., 2012), deposition of Lawrence Black, June 25, 2013.

47.
A hidden camera rolled
: Colorado Bureau of Investigation, “Investigative Supplement Report,” June 28, 2013.

48.
at least eight security guards
: Ibid.

49.
current and former police officers
:
Kirby Martensen v. William Koch
, Opposition to William Koch’s Motion for Partial Reconsideration.

50. “
A sheriff is here
”:
Kirby Martensen v. William Koch
, complaint.

51.
placed the deputy on administrative leave
: Colorado Bureau of Investigation, “Gunnison County Sheriff’s Office Official Misconduct Report,” November 5, 2012.

52.
off-duty Palm Beach police officers
:
Kirby Martensen v. William Koch
, Opposition to William Koch’s Motion for Partial Reconsideration.

53. “
For all intents and purposes
”:
Kirby Martensen v. William Koch
, deposition of Kirby Martensen, May 16, 2013.

54. “
I gave this money to Kirby Martensen
”:
Kirby Martensen v. William Koch
, deposition of Charlie Zhan, January 9, 2013.

55. “
this is the type of thing that Bill does
”:
Kirby Martensen v. William Koch
(N.D. Cal., 2012), deposition of Lawrence Black, June 25, 2013.

56. “
The idea as explained to me
”: Martensen whistleblower complaint, May 13, 2013.

57. “
the lion king of button-down libertarianism
”: “Free Radical; Libertarian—and Contrarian—Ed Crane.”

58.
convened a Hamptons mixer
: “Romney in the Hamptons with David Koch,”
Politico
, August 16, 2010.

59. “
the financial engine of the Tea Party
”: “Internal Memo: Romney Courting Kochs, Tea Party,”
Washington Examiner
, November 2, 2011.

60. “
the title of that book comes from a poem
”: “Mitt Romney Reveals a Literary Connection with a Koch Brother,”
The Washington Post
, August 22, 2012.

61. “
like two world leaders with their first ladies
”: “Mitt: What Koch Problem?”
New York Post
, July 10, 2012.

62. “
I look at it as an asset
”: Ibid.

63. “
I believe in gay marriage
”: “David Koch Breaks from the GOP on Gay Marriage, Taxes, Defense Cuts,”
Politico
, August 30, 2012.

64. “
We’ve got to do better with primaries
”: Interview with John Damgard.

65. “
difficult to assess the kind of bang for buck
”: “Americans for Prosperity Chief: We Don’t Know if $27 Million in Anti-Obama Ads Has Any Effect,” MotherJones.com, September 3, 2012.

66. “
We had met with some other people from Koch
”: Deposition of Anthony Russo, July 17, 2013.

67. “
We were not involved
”: “The Koch Brothers in California,” NewYorker.com, October 25, 2013.

68. “
Despite November’s disappointing election results
”: “Kochs Postpone Post-Election Meeting,”
National Review
, December 11, 2012.

69. “
reaching the right people with the right message
”: “Exclusive: Read the Koch Brothers’ Plans for Their Upcoming Donor Retreat,” MotherJones.com, April 23, 2013.

1. “
Oh, hi, Freddie
”: Interview with John Damgard.

2. “
Never ask from where I came
”: “Call Me Frederick,”
The Daily Telegraph
, November 14, 1986.

3.
Donahue was a man of vices
: Christopher Wilson,
Dancing with the Devil: The Windsors and Jimmy Donahue
(St. Martin’s Press, 2000), pp. 32–35.

4. “
I’ve done it
”: “James Donahue, Social Leader, Kills Himself,” Associated Press, April 23, 1931.

5. “
hoped to be a playwright
”: Frederick R. Koch to John Mason Brown, July 19, 1961, John Mason Brown Papers, Houghton Library, Harvard University.

6. “
crude bluff and blackmail
”: “Wrangle over Dreams for Mansion,”
The Times of London
, May 7, 1986.

7. “
The lodge is deteriorating
”: “Pass My Plans or Treasures Leave Britain, Says Billionaire,”
Daily Mail
, May 6, 1986.

8.
baffled the British art world
: “Philanthropist Stays Silent on Art Museum,”
The Times of London
, May 11, 1993.

9. “
dig two graves
”: “Captain America,”
Sports Illustrated
, April 20, 1992.

10. “
chance of several lifetimes
”: “Osterville House Sells for $19 Million,”
Cape Cod Times
, January 11, 2013.

11. “
for staying together
”: “Bill Koch’s Wild West Adventure,”
5280
, February 2013.

12. “
I don’t want to do that to my kids
”: George T. M. Shackelford and Elliot Bostwick Davis,
Things I Love: The Many Collections of William I. Koch
(MFA Publications, 2005), p. 37.

13. “
My proudest accomplishment
”: “Inside the Koch Empire: How the Brothers Plan to Reshape America,”
Forbes
, December 24, 2012.

14. “
I’m going to ride my bicycle until I fall off
”: “The Private Empire of Koch Industries,”
Financial Times
, January 30, 2004.

15. “
We have the best leaders
”: “Inside the Koch Empire,”
Forbes
.

16.
Chase joined Koch Industries’ board of directors
: Interview with Nestor Weigand.

17. “
I was a bohemian
”: “Adventures in Publishing,”
Town & Country
, May 2012.

18. “
disturbed and convoluted relationship with money
”: “The World Compatibility Test: Back in Tokyo, Part 1,” Smithmag.net, March 30, 2007.

19. “
thought it was the right thing to do
”: “Ground Is Officially Broken on Met’s ‘David H. Koch Plaza,’ ”
The New York Times
, January 14, 2013.

20. “
Boycott the Metropolitan Museum of Art
”: “The Two Kochs,” Artnet.com, February 8, 2012.

21. “
Well, it’s $65 million!
”: “$65-Million Naming Opportunity: Groundbreaking for Metropolitan Museum’s ‘David H. Koch Plaza,’ ” ArtsJournal.com, January 16, 2013.

22. “
apparently so offended
”: “A Word from Our Sponsors,”
The New Yorker
, May 27, 2013.

23.
the portrait of their father
: Shackelford and Bostwick Davis,
Things I Love: The Many Collections of William I. Koch
, p. 37.

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