tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11305448.post115576144679987557..comments2023-12-01T04:00:17.385-08:00Comments on highwayscribery: highwayscriberyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13766362837248876320noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11305448.post-1155832259884039942006-08-17T09:30:00.000-07:002006-08-17T09:30:00.000-07:00Thanks for checkomg in Shaun. I'll drop by later. ...Thanks for checkomg in Shaun. I'll drop by later. I still have problems getting "Kiko's House" to behave when I visit, which it tough on me, but hopefully others aren't having that problem.highwayscriberyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13766362837248876320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11305448.post-1155808678937123262006-08-17T02:57:00.000-07:002006-08-17T02:57:00.000-07:00Hi Scribe:The Will column is indeed good and Wrigh...Hi Scribe:<BR/><BR/>The Will column is indeed good and Wright's "Looming Tower" is terrific. Along with Steve Coll's "Ghost Wars," they are the two must reads on the pre -9/11 years.<BR/><BR/>I blog today at Kiko's House on one of the central points that Wright makes:<BR/><BR/>A central irony of the success of Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda and failure of American intelligence to stop the terrorist group or kill its leader is imagination.<BR/><BR/>I'm talking about OBL's ability to harness imagination for his own evil ends and the utter lack of imagination in a spy community that was more concerned with protecting turf than deciphering the many signs that an attack of enormous consequence was being planned on the homeland.<BR/><BR/>Be safe, ShaunShaun Mullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14964214385216513188noreply@blogger.com