LONG BAR STORY . . .

DONE . . . and done!



AND . . . a quiet drink to celebrate: Long Bar Story (Rough Draft) final chapter written complete . . . . . . now all I gotta do is edit, edit, and edit again - three or four times - throw in some illustrations, because everybody likes to look at pictures while they're reading a book full of words . . . S.L.




A LONG TERM GOAL has been to become a published author, but I never seem to have been able to bring a project to completion. There's always some damn distraction - work, mostly. My work is complex and takes me to some pretty exotic destinations. Finally last summer I had some time on my hands, pulling late night shifts while doing maritime security on the oil platforms in the Gulf of Guinea. And so I started writing the stories that became The Long Bar.

My influences are Somerset Maugham for the tropical locales where his stories take place and his subtle sense of irony, Conrad for the dark, introspective ambiance of his works, and of course Hemingway for his brevity and style. Searching for a plot had me hung up but I was determined not to let that stop me, and so the plot became a writer - in a lush tropical locale - struggling with writer's block, and the stories that unfold around him. I set the end of December for a target end date, then got hung up on the final chapter. It was late November and I simply could not get the thing to go down. I'm deployed right now in fact, in the Congo - the setting for Conrad's Heart of Darkness of course - and its been a rough time. This weekend I decided I'd knock out that last chapter come Hell or High Water, and lo and behold I did it.

Nine chapters, between two to three thousand words each, and each one stands alone as a short story on its own merit, but there is an intertwining common theme and they actually play out in a sort of chronological order. The main character owns & operates an unconventional hotel, located on a jungled cliff overlooking the Andaman Sea in southern Thailand. The hotel is actually a series of traditional Thai houses - baan - interconnected by a series of multi-level decks. In the middle of the hotel is a traditional pub: The Long Bar. People come and go, there are some long term residents, events happen and misadventures play out.

The Long Bar is a working title. I'm considering something else, perhaps "Drops of Rain" - inspired by the Highwayman, by Jimmy Webb and performed by The Highwaymen: Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash. A country song about reincarnation that takes one all the way from a highway robber in old England to the captain of a starship, across the Universe Divide. I have always loved that song.

Themes include adventures that start in the here and now and vector off in other-worldly directions, science fiction, Thai animism, Thai Buddhism, Chinese spiritualism and the Hindu view of the Universe. Humans interface with spiritual beings, often without even being aware of it, and karma drives the action to ironic conclusions. Think Somerset Maugham meets The Twilight Zone. Or rather, YOURSELF - meeting ME - in a traditional pub, at an exotic hotel on a jungled cliff overlooking the Andaman Sea, in southern Thailand.

A question now is how to publish? Traditional book route doesn't pay much, versus ebook format. I'm leaning toward the latter. Since I announced my achievement - a complete manuscript - publishing people are coming out of the woodwork. I'm open to any and all suggestions.

For the record. I have written three books, this is the first one that made it all the way to the end. That means there are two other manuscripts - action/adventure in the kind of places my work takes me, with the kind of people I work for and with - so if a publishing house picks me up, they've got at least two more coming down the pipeline. And when you read my book, you'll be reading a book that was written on an oil platform off the coast of Nigeria, in a luxury hotel in Addis Ababa, snowed in a basement in Pennsylvania, and completed on the veranda of an ancient colonial-era hotel in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

This is why I've been so quiet, and I thank each and every one of you for your support . . .

STORMBRINGER SENDS

ST. JAME's CHURCH APARTHEID WALL

From Jack Engelhard at the Washington Times: "London's St. James's Church in Piccadilly Builds 'Apartheid Wall' to Demonize Israel"

In a climate in which every Jewish communal or religious event, every Jewish school and institution in Britain has to be guarded against attack, and in which there is a direct correlation between the emotive lies told about Israel and attacks on Jews and Jewish institutions, for one of your churches to lend itself to such incitement is simply obscene.

The ‘wall’ is of course a stunt. But the damage it has done to the Church of England is immense. Because what it does is put the Church on the side of lies and hatred against truth and justice. It has put the Church of England on the side of evil.



The only purpose of Israel’s security barrier is to save life and prevent mass murder. The only purpose of the St James’s Church ‘Bethlehem Unwrapped’ stunt is to stir up hatred.

Read more HERE

This is one more good reason why I am no longer an Anglican, no longer a member of the Church of England . . .

STORMBRINGER SENDS

WANTED: INDEPENDENT SECURITY CONTRACTORS

A graduate student at George Mason University approached me about her research study regarding PMCs and PSC's; specifically, the views that contractors have about their nationalities and identities. She would like to contact PMC/PSC contractors. Because public perception of independent contractors is so one-sided, I agreed to help Jessica. I see this as a means of getting our story out there. Jessica herself stated that she found academic resources offered little or nothing on our profession.

I met with Jessica in DC, and I found her to be very professional, well-informed, and open to our point of view. All interviews will be kept confidential and no personal information or identifiable information will be used in the research findings. I have the contact info for Jessica - if you are willing to participate in an interview, let me know.

Thanks - S.L.

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l'Affair DSK - A Professional's Point of View

Dominique Strauss-Kahn

The DSK Thing was disturbing from the start, there were so many oddities: the head of the International Monetary Fund - about as high up there as the Pope - yanked out of a first class seat on an Air France jet, arrested for sexual assault at the Sofitel New York and slammed into Rikers Island; the hotel maid's tale of DSK's alleged bizarre sexual assault, and then the spectacle of DSK himself appearing with his très riche wife who bailed him out with her available millions.

The temptation of schadenfreude was there of course - not only is Strauss-Kahn of the highest elite classes, he's a French Socialist to boot! There seems a certain sense of justice in seeing a Champagne Socialist busted for his excesses, in this case exploitation of the working class on the most personal level. (Of course if he was a Kennedy this entire episode would have been a career enhancer.)

Now we learn that the story of DSK's accuser - the West African maid - has fallen apart. The prosecution has determined that she's a serial liar: she lied on her application for asylum from her native Guinea where she claimed she was gang-raped by soldiers, lied about the number of children she has, and most crucially for the DSK case, she lied about what she did immediately after the attack (initially, she said she called a supervisor, but later confessed to cleaning another suite first).

Apparently she's also a prostitute with a $100,000 bank account, and has allegedly been caught on tape expressing ambition to turn her supposed tragedy into a get-rich-quick scheme.

But wait it gets better; investigators discovered that she's been turning tricks at the hotel with other guests, which lends more credence to DSK's defense that the sex was consensual. She even resumed her "extra-curricular activities" at a Brooklyn hotel (reportedly) where the Manhattan District Attorney's office housed her while the investigation was carried out.

Sofitel Hotel New York, 44th Street Entrance


As a security professional, I have some questions of the security manager at the Sofitel New York:

Were you aware of these activities by a member of your cleaning staff? Or perhaps more apropros, how were you NOT aware?

Were you so unaware of the maid's character that - when the accusations were made - the immediate course of action was to have law enforcement corral such a high-visibility VIP, to drag him through such personal and professional humiliation?

One of the suites at the Sofitel New York


There appears to have been an unforgivable lack of situational awareness at the Sofitel; a security professional should have his finger on the pulse of his Area of Operations (AO). He should be out there walking the perimeter - in this case the floors of the hotel - at least twice every twelve hours, keeping tab on the comings and goings of the staff as well as the guests.

All I have to say is nobody is going to come out of this thing smelling like a rose. These days I'm expanding my personal security business; it would be interesting to learn if there's a vacancy to fill in the security office at the Sofitel New York.



STORMBRINGER SENDS



Monday Mystery Bird HERE



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ROMAN ARCH BRIDGE

Three years ago I chose this image of the Roman Arch Bridge at Alcantara, Spain as a symbol for my business. This bridge was constructed between 104 and 106 AD by order of the Roman Emperor Trajan. On the archway over the central pier there is an inscription:


PONTEM PERPETUI MANSURUM IN SAECULA

I have built a bridge which will last forever.


The Alcántara Bridge is a combat veteran; it has in fact taken more damage from war than from the elements. The Moors destroyed the smallest arch on the left side in 1214. This was rebuilt in 1543 with stone from the original quarries. The second arch on the right side was destroyed by the Spanish to stop the Portuguese, and was repaired in 1762 by Charles III, only to be blown up again in 1809 to stop the French. Temporary repairs made in 1819 were replaced in 1860 with mortared masonry

A stylized version of the Alcántara Bridge appears on my letterheads and business paperwork, along with the Latin motto:

Vires Quod Veneratio

"Strength and Honor"



Why the Arch? To me the Arch symbolizes strength, teamwork and cooperation, and a concept of the services I provide - security consulting and technical solutions to challenges faced in military combat.

• The arch is a very strong structure that spans a space while supporting weigh, and yet no single spot holds all the weight.

• The Romans did not invent the arch, but exploited the concept in their prolific architecture, together with a construction material they did invent; cement. 

•  An arch requires all of its elements to hold it together.

The Roman Arch also symbolizes inspiration from the Ancients of the Classical Era, whom I frequently consult for wisdom and guidance.


SEAN LINNANE SENDS



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SAS DEPLOYS TO THE SHOPPING MALLS IN UK

AND WHY IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE

SAS hit squads are today protecting packed shopping centers from terrorists 

- with orders to shoot to kill.

The regiment's elite troops are poised to foil any al-Qaeda bid to cause Mumbai-style carnage amid Britain's Christmas crowds.

The Who Dares Wins teams have instructions to strike hard and fast to combat the "real and credible" threat of a bomb-and-gun onslaught by fanatics.

Terrorist gunman in Mumbai.

They have been briefed to "engage and neutralise" any terrorists as quickly as possible to minimise the chance of civilian deaths. They know the first 90 minutes are crucial to prevent the toll soaring.

Blazing hotel . . . Mumbai, India, 2008

The alert comes after growing fears that fanatics inspired by al-Qaeda plan a copy of the 2008 outrage in Mumbai, India.

Commando-style gunmen and bombers killed 175 and wounded more than 300 in a terror rampage.

Police stepped up security at shopping centres and airports across Britain over the weekend because of the fear of such an attack.

The SAS were drafted in because of the potential threat to shoppers on the streets of London, Birmingham and other major cities.

Read it all HERE


It won't happen here, however. This briefing was included when I went through door-kicking school at Fort Bragg:

The Posse Comitatus Act - 18 US Code § 1385 - prohibits most members of the federal uniformed services (today the Army, Navy, Air Force, and State National Guard forces when such are called into federal service) from exercising nominally state law enforcement, police, or peace officer powers that maintain "law and order" on non-federal property (states and their counties and municipal divisions) within the United States.

The Act was passed on June 18, 1878, after the end of Reconstruction, with the intention (in concert with the Insurrection Act of 1807) of substantially limiting the powers of the federal government to use the military for law enforcement.
The Coast Guard is exempt from the Act.

This is the reason why they kept talking about "FBI tanks" when the compound was taken down in Waco - and why there are a plethora of paramilitary law enforcement entities here in the United States.

It works in Britain, but we don't have squads of Delta Force commandos stalking our airports and crowded public places looking for someone to piss on . . . and when when you think of the problems we have simply with Federal Law Enforcement in places like Ruby Ridge . . . we really don't want to be in a hurry to let that tiger out of the bag.

British SAS troopers in combat . . . Iranian Embassy siege, London, 1980.

WHATs GOIN' ON ? ? ?

A rare admission: when I posted that bit of humor aimed toward the TSA and their airport search procedures, I wasn't quite aware of the incredible level of aggressiveness the TSA is going about conducting their new search policies.


WOMAN: TSA AGENTS SINGLED ME OUT FOR MY BREASTS
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The head of the Transportation Security Administration said the agency will look further into allegations that two male TSA workers picked a woman for additional screening because of her breasts.

Eliana Sutherland recently flew from Orlando International Airport and told Local 6 she felt the two male TSA workers were staring at her breasts and chose her for additional screening because of their size.

"It was pretty obvious. One of the guys that was staring me up and down was the one who pulled me over," said Sutherland. "Not a comfortable feeling."


PROSTHETICS BECOME SOURCE OF SHAME AT AIRPORT SCREENINGS
Prosthetic devices were designed to help men and women move on with their lives despite potentially stigmatizing medical conditions, yet they've become a source of distress and humiliation during the new pat-downs by airport security agents.

There's already been outrage over the TSA agent who asked a Charlotte, N.C., woman who survived breast cancer to remove a prosthetic from inside her bra. There was also a bladder cancer survivor from Lansing, Mich., who said he was soaked in his own urine when a TSA agent's pat-down ruptured the seal on his urostomy bag.

BOTTOM LINE:

WHAT's GOIN' ON ? ? ?


A reliable, informed source told me that the TSA is reacting to a credible threat, that they have instructed to go to the enhanced security measures by DHS. This seems logical, going into the holiday travel season.

Another reliable, informed source inside the air transport industry tells me they are not doing cavity searches; this is disinformation.

Other more whacked-out explanations include the government is getting us accustomed to being herded like cattle, and / or this is a prelude to Obama making a move to nationalize the airlines; i.e. the security measures become so draconian and inconvenient that the airlines are no longer commercially viable and so the government steps in . . .


SUBMIT YOUR TSA-SEARCH HORROR STORIES BELOW.

I want to know what's going on out there . . .


Then there THIS:


TSA: SOME GOV'T OFFICIALS TO SKIP AIRPORT SECURITY
WASHINGTON (AP) Cabinet secretaries, top congressional leaders and an exclusive group of senior U.S. officials are exempt from toughened new airport screening procedures when they fly commercially with government-approved federal security details.

Aviation security officials would not name those who can skip the controversial screening, but other officials said those VIPs range from top officials like Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and FBI Director Robert Mueller to congressional leaders like incoming House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, who avoided security before a recent flight from Washington's Reagan National Airport.


"LEAD BY EXAMPLE"

What an opportunity for our political leaders to set a little "Lead By Example" -style leadership to rest of us poor slob taxpayers - don't hold your breath waiting to see it, though.

"NOT ME YOU IDIOT - THE EXAMPLE IN THE BOOK!"

If THIS outrage is necessary, then I can't imagine how a single politician - Democrat OR Republican - can possibly be considered above suspicion.


TSA SAYS PILOTS WILL BE EXEMPT FROM INVASIVE PAT-DOWNS, SCANNERS
U.S. airline pilots learned today that they'll be exempt from the invasive x-ray screening and pat-downs that have sparked a revolt across the country.

Pilots in uniform on airline business will be allowed to pass through airport security by showing two photo IDs. The identification will be cross-checked against a flight crew database.

"Allowing these uniformed pilots, whose identity has been verified, to go through expedited screening at the checkpoint just makes for smart security and an efficient use of our resources," TSA Administrator John Pistole said in a statement.


I DISAGREE

As a security professional, I disagree with the above rationale and I'll tell you why:

We have just signaled to the terrorists a possible crack in our defenses.

Consider: it is now known that air crew get a pass from the aggressive security searches. OK, all the terrorists have to do now is go to the home of one of these types, put a gun to his or her four-year-old daughter or granddaughter's head, and say, "You're going to wear this special underwear onto the plane, or we're going to shoot her. Of course, before we shoot her, we're going to rape her in every hole . . ."

You get the picture.

Then there's the GIANT MYSTERY MISSILE TRAIL:

By all accounts, this was no contrail from a jetliner; this was a VERY. BIG. ROCKET.

OK so they shot off a rocket - no big deal; happens all the time, right?

Then why all the denial from the government?

WHATs GOIN' ON ? ? ?



Then there's all that MADNESS on the Korean Peninsula:

TV footage of flames just after artillery hit an area of South Korea's Yeonpyeong island.


North Korea fired artillery barrages onto the South Korean island near their disputed border Tuesday, setting buildings alight and prompting South Korea to return fire and scramble fighter jets.

South Korean villagers watch smoke rising from South Korea's Yeonpyeong island near the border against North Korea Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010.

Destroyed houses are evident from the air Wednesday on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea.


These attacks may be the greatest single acts of violent aggression from North Korea since to Korean War; most certainly since the border incursions and violence of 1966-69 - sometimes referred to as the Second Korean War - which culminated with the infamous Pueblo Incident.

North Korea has a track record of lethal violence:

North Korea was believed to have orchestrated the bombing of Korean Airlines Flight 858 in 1987. The attack is thought to have been a tactic to scare tourists away from visiting the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

North Korean operatives were also behind a 1983 attempt on the life of South Korean President Chun Doo Hwan, who was scheduled to visit a memorial in Rangoon, Myanmar (Burma). A traffic delay may have saved the president's life: The timed bombs went off before his arrival, killing 17 South Korean dignitaries instead.

North Korea is also believed to be behind the 1996 assassination of a South Korean diplomat in Vladivostok, Russia. The killing closely followed a warning from Pyongyang that it would take action if South Korea did not repatriate the bodies of several North Korean spies.


SO WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON ? ? ?


If you ask me - the TSA thing is a distraction, and so is the Korean thing. STORMBRINGER says: keep your eye on Taiwan - I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts China is lining up to make their move.

"There must be some way out of here" said the joker to the thief

"There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief"

Monday Mystery Bird HERE

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FUGITIVES APPREHENDED

By JONATHAN J. COOPER
PHOENIX – An unattended campfire and a suspicious forest ranger led to the arrest of two of the most wanted fugitives in the U.S., ending a three-week nationwide manhunt that drew hundreds of false sightings, authorities said.


End of the road, buddy - you're going back to the Big House . . .


Check out that hero over there on the right . . .

Authorities arrested McCluskey, 45, and his alleged accomplice Casslyn Welch, 44, at a campsite in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in eastern Arizona.

It was a peaceful close to a manhunt that authorities had said was likely to end in a bloody shootout between officers and desperate outlaws who fancied themselves as a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde.


Pretty rough looking Bonnie and Clyde . . .


Welch, who is McCluskey's fiancee and cousin, reached for a weapon but dropped it when she realized she was outgunned by a swarming SWAT team, said David Gonzales, U.S. marshal for Arizona.

Officers apprehended McCluskey without incident after finding him lying in a sleeping bag outside a tent. He told authorities he had a gun in his tent and would have shot them if he had been able to reach for it.

John McCluskey fled July 30 with two other inmates from a private prison in northwest Arizona and evaded authorities in at least six states before being caught Thursday evening just 300 miles east of the prison.


THEY JUST WALKED OUT OF THERE . . .

Corrections officials said that Welch helped McCluskey and fellow inmates Tracy Province and Daniel Renwick escape from the private prison near Kingman by cutting through a security fence.

The arrests came hours after officials discussed a report that outlined a series of embarrassing security breakdowns that allowed the escape.

The prison has a badly defective alarm system, a perimeter post was unstaffed, an outside dormitory door had been propped open with a rock and the alarms went off so often that prison personnel often just ignored them, the report said. Also, operational practices often led to a gap of 15 minutes or longer during shift changes along the perimeter fence, Ryan said.

Prison staff told a review team that the dormitory door was left open because of the heavy amount of foot traffic. That open door allowed the three inmates to reach a 10-foot chain-linked fence that hadn't been topped with razor wire. They scaled that fence and hid out for a time behind a building in an area that isn't visible to staff from the yard.

Using wire cutters, which Welch tossed into the prison yard shortly before the 9 p.m. shift change, the inmates cut a 30-by-22-inch hole and held the fence back with a dog leash.


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PHYSICAL SECURITY MAXIMS

Here are some of the Physical Security Maxims of Security Guru Roger G. Johnston, Ph.D., CPP of the Vulnerability Assessment Team, Argonne National Laboratory.


Infinity Maxim: There are an unlimited number of security vulnerabilities for a given security device, system, or program, most of which will never be discovered (by the good guys or bad guys).

Comment: We think this, because we always find new vulnerabilities when we look at the same security device, system, or program a second or third time, and because we always find vulnerabilities that others miss, and vice versa.


Thanks for Nothin’ Maxim: A vulnerability assessment that finds no vulnerabilities or only a few is worthless and wrong.


Arrogance Maxim: The ease of defeating a security device or system is proportional to how confident/arrogant the designer, manufacturer, or user is about it, and to how often they use words like “impossible” or “tamper-proof”.


Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid Maxim: If you’re not running scared, you have bad security or a bad security product.

Comment: Fear is a good vaccine against both arrogance and ignorance.


So We’re In Agreement Maxim: If you’re happy with your security, so are the bad guys.


Ignorance is Bliss Maxim: The confidence that people have in security is inversely proportional to how much they know about it.


Comment: Security looks easy if you’ve never taken the time to think carefully about it.


Weakest Link Maxim: The efficacy of security is determined more by what is done wrong than by what is done right.

Comment: Because the bad guys typically attack deliberately and intelligently, not randomly.


Safety Maxim: Applying the methods of safety to security doesn’t work well, but the reverse may have some merit.

Comment: Safety is typically analyzed as a stochastic problem, whereas the bad guys typically attack deliberately and intelligently, not randomly. For a discussion of the reverse problem, see RG Johnston, Journal of Safety Research 35, 245-248 (2004).


High-Tech Maxim: The amount of careful thinking that has gone into a given security device, system, or program is inversely proportional to the amount of high-technology it uses.

Comment: In security, high-technology is often taken as a license to stop thinking critically.


Dr. Who Maxim: “The more sophisticated the technology, the more vulnerable it is to primitive attack. People often overlook the obvious.”

Comment: A quote from Tom Baker as Dr. Who in The Pirate Planet (1978)


Low-Tech Maxim: Low-tech attacks work (even against high-tech devices and systems).

Comment: So don’t get too worked up about high-tech attacks.


Nowadays I work as a security consultant; I have collected eleven pages worth of Dr. Johnston's wisdom - I keep them posted on the wall by my desk at work. In designing physical security systems, and even in the evolving field of cybersecurity, I find that all of these truisms apply sooner or later. - Sean Linnane





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WHAT EXACTLY IS HE SAYING HERE???

“We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we have set. We have got to have a civilian national security force that is just as powerful, just as strong, just as well funded,” said Barak Hussein Obama on July 2, 2008.



Analysis this time is at summer patriot, winter soldier - I couldn't have said it better myself . . . . . . . . . . . . . S.L.

A DARING ESCAPE

A French security agent held captive by insurgents in Somalia escaped last Wednesday, 26 August. Although Somali officials alleged that Marc Aubriere escaped by killing three of his captors, French Foreign Ministry officials initially had no comment and could not even confirm the hostage’s escape.

Marc Aubriere and his colleague were kidnapped by Hizbul-Islamin rebellion on 14 July and after a month in captivity, Mr. Aubriere was able to escape and make his way to the presidential palace, where he found solace. "I escaped at midnight last night. The guards were very tired and sleepy. I didn’t kill anyone or injure anyone while escaping," Mr. Aubriere is quoted as saying. “Of course I feel better than one day ago. Yes I feel very well. I’m happy and I will soon see my family,” he added.

French security consultant Marc Aubriere told of how he sneaked past his Somali kidnappers while they slept then walked by night for five hours across Mogadishu, at one point coming under fire, according to RFI radio. "I'm doing OK and, even if my month and a half in detention was horribly long, I was well treated. There was no torture, nor fake execution," Aubriere told Radio France International. "On Tuesday, around midnight, I took advantage of my jailers falling asleep, tired out by Ramadan. I saw that my cell was badly closed and so I was able to make off without any violence," he said, according to a transcript provided by RFI. "In any case, if I'd fired a shot, other guards would have killed me. Then I walked through the night for almost five hours, guided by the stars to get to where I wanted to go," he said. "Mogadishu is deserted at night and the only men I saw were armed. I was shot at. I ran. I hid and by chance they missed me," he said.



French officials have not formally identified the former hostage beyond describing him as a government employee who was part of a two-man advance team in Mogadishu to help set up a Somali presidential security detail. He has identified himself in interviews with several media outlets since his apparent escape as 40-year-old Marc Aubriere, although it is thought possible that he gave a fake name. Official sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP that "Aubriere" is an agent with the French overseas intelligence agency, the General Directorate of External Security or DGSE.

An Islamist official in Somalia claimed that a ransom was paid for the freed hostage, but both the French government and the agent himself have denied that and insists he escaped through his own means.


Team STORMBRINGER wishes "Bon Chance" to fellow adventurer Marc and of course our prayers are with his (unnamed) comrade - still missing and understood to be in the hands of a second Islamist group, the Shebab, which on Wednesday said that an Islamic Sharia court would decide his eventual fate.

DID I CALL IT OR WHAT???

Aerial view of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, in Livermore California

A couple weeks past I asked "What's next - the launch codes?" Well, maybe I didn't call it quite on the money but danger close:

Nuclear Sites Posted Online Accidentally

These are the same people who are going to run the auto business from now on . . .