Intelligence Estimate
February 18th, 2008I’ll share a secret with you, my dear reader, so that you may feel more like a Dear Reader than you, perhaps, might have otherwise. I’ve always referred to you as “Dear Reader” not as a superficial greeting but as sincere welcome to my lair. You are a friend, and I treasure your readership, so I’ll tell you something about me. I love espionage. I love the CIA, the Mossad, M16, KGB, Black Bag Operations. I’m not especially secretive in my own personal dealings, and I live a very open life with a great deal of the people that I know, but I love to read about intelligence agencies and activities in the shadows of other people. A good mystery never hurts! I will tell you this, Dear Reader: don’t lie to me because I usually sniff them out, as I am very good at sensing danger and deceit. I’d make an excellent psychologist, detective or secret agent if that were the life I pursued, because I’m a reader of more than books. Don’t worry, however; I respect people’s privacy, as I’ve grown older more than ever, so I will not be bugging your homes!
With all that said, here is a fine article about the slaying of a terrorist lion from Hizbollah. I, for one, found the story fascinating, and those of you who think you understand the Middle East must read several dozen articles just like this one and books on the subject of intelligence and terrorism because you don’t know the half of it until you do.