John O'Neill was given a legible bio on a PBS hour, I think twice locally - once in past year.

Seems that, at some (office?) party, and after moderate imbibing - O'Neill misplaced his laptop; found it a bit later - but after the Fact of his having done so, was fed into the gleeful laps of his assorted antagonists. Believe this event occurred right around the time when Clarke was pushing for his uniquely qualified ascension to the NSC slot. A moment's distraction - history forks.

By that account, O'Neil was "sure that a large attack was imminent" some weeks before the day; and practically on the eve, maybe exactly - he reinforced that premonition (as told to..) Naturally, only a few of the relatively powerless who knew of his talents and investigations, benfited from that Intel.

(Why is it that genuine swaggerers rarely carry a swagger stick?)
Could Cecil B. or for that matter Chaplin- have scripted such a succession of pratfalls - with no OFF switch / scene break, for when you just wanna hit the john?

Then there's the dice roll that, Security was ensconced in the TT ^stratosphere^ -- surely the perfect spot for attending to any transgression which might ever, say pass through the Entrance? But then, you can get a top view of events. Yes, that's what they must have had in mind, those clever organization men. 17 straight craps throws.

One might surmise whether O'Neill's concluding [*]neuronic flashes began with,
I Knew It! [??]
or... Y.P.B.!! [???] (doubtless directed at an entire hierarchy of familiars.)

Another recent recap by Michael R. Gordon and Gen. Bernard E. Traynor, [link|http://www.buy.com/prod/Cobra_2_The_Inside_Story_of_the_Invasion_and_Occupation_of_Iraq/q/loc/56321/202027677.html| Cobra 2] narrows focus to the military history of the Iraq (Freedom-) Invasion and occupation - apparently also on 8 CDs! This effort contrasts say, "best military techniques" with the operations of the actual Rumsfeld(-spar?) \ufffdthereal-PNAC parallel universe.

[Feldspar - a mixture of 3 alkali-metal aluminosilicates, characterized by two cleavages at nearly right angles: one of the most important constituents of igneous rocks. cha cha cha - just seems to fit: Rummy -- orthogonal to most everybody with battle experience and, an igneous PNAC-forged temperament to boot.] ;^>

The book pair might make for a lugubrious weekend of watching train wrecks in the slo-mo-of-a-page-turn. These days, I find I must intersperse some Terry Pratchett - into any horrifying non-fiction accounts of just how it was that -- gehabt, kindern.

Thanks for the recap of the sort of stuff that a modern rosy-hued President finds.. just distracts from his communing with Decider 101R. Efficient use of time, I'd say - skipping those tomes. Hey, watch my slice!





[*] Shades of the event-horizon of an electric short story read recently on NPR, Bullet in the Brain - which describes a terminally-silly/pompous idiot, his final actions during a bank robbery.. and the \ufffdSec-by-\ufffdSec guesstimated effect

on the very-fast axonic interactions -->
memory fragments pulsed --> as the mentioned projectile -->
takes-no-prisoners, from Front--> to --> Back
(where macro physics produces those full-color results now familiar to all who admire heaped-dead-body necrotainment.)

Not disgustingly Like that, though - as I said, electric! storytelling. And needs no 60" wall Tee Vee w/ 9 channels of scream-echoes in the fulness of Dolby.

Wonder if anyone else here caught that fascinating piece of radio drama.
I see I'll have to run down the parent title, The Night in Question by one Thomas ___?


Ed: poTy and Cobra details