When was it to late to kidnap?

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I agree, Herb. Doing espionage work requires one to keep silent, maybe for eternity. Both Surratt and Arnold also spoke/wrote during a time of healing for the country. Perhaps it was better to skirt the really sensitive issues of what the Confederacy had really planned???

Surratt spoke for money to recoup debts - he also wrote to former head of his Secret Line, William Norris, for help in getting a pension or some sort of financial assistance. Don't bite the hand that might be able to feed you?