The 9/11 Commission: A Play on Nothing in Three Acts

A wag once famously said that Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot was a play where nothing happened… twice. The two former co-chairmen of the 9/11 commission report, Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton, have released a new book, Without Precedent: The Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission. This book goes Beckett one better – it is … Continue reading “The 9/11 Commission: A Play on Nothing in Three Acts”

All That’s Given Up in the Name of Security

Two days ago we made available to the public news that one of our members, Russell Tice, a former NSA senior analyst, had been served with a subpoena asking him to appear before a federal grand jury regarding the criminal investigation of recent disclosures that involved NSA warrantless eavesdropping. Our announcement was followed up in … Continue reading “All That’s Given Up in the Name of Security”