29 April 2006

TODAY, BOYS AND GIRLS, YOUR TEACHER IS FROM THE FBI!

see here... today's lesson: "How real life is somewhat like Saturday morning cartoons":
The elevator doors opened, and they faced two glass doors. Glass ? Wasn't this supposed to be secret?

The doors were labeled "The George H.W. Bush Strategic Information Operations Center."

The SIOC is not one large room, it turns out, but a warren. The class was led first into the executive briefing room for an overview. It looks like a classroom. On the wall are a giant screen and clocks that tell the time in Turkey, Riyadh, Kuwait, Baghdad and Morocco.

"Do you think you could possibly work here?" asked Michael A. Mason, the bureau's No. 3. "Absolutely, you could work here," Mason said, answering himself and launching into a motivational speech. "When we rip off our shirt, we do not have Superman capes underneath it. We are regular folks just like you.

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