(The Big Six are departing the stage after the fifth and final plenary session of the Intelligence & National Security Summit. John Brennan has already been enveloped by his CIA security detail and whisked away before I could get any closer with my smart phone. Lieutenant General Vince Stewart (DIA) is on the bottom of […]

As you know, I was wrapped up in the National Security Summit with many of the Usual Suspects down at the Harold Washington Convention Center in downtown DC. I am already preparing to be late to the plenary session this morning. I don’t think anyone will notice. The Director of National Intelligence had some great […]

I have a two-day conference downtown, starting bright and early, and will not be able to devote the same meticulous care in crafting The Daily as I do normally: scarfing down caffeine, finishing the dregs of last night’s nightcap, vaping away in the unearthly glow of the flat screen in front of me. You think […]

I was accused of being maudlin in yesterday’s outing. Guilty as charged. So, we have decided to eschew anything profound today and instead are bringing you this important public service announcement. As you are well aware, a plague has been attacking the watering holes of the glittering Wilson Boulevard. Like a vast blight, the industry […]

(U.S. and British warships anchored in Sagami Wan, outside of Tokyo Bay, Japan, on the day the Allied ships entered Japanese waters, 27 August 1945. Photographed from USS South Dakota (BB-57) as the sun sets behind Mount Fuji’s distinctive cone) Official US Navy Picture). They did it again. There was another release of documents late […]

(Patrick Michael Griffin with his family at their home in Nashville, 1906. He built the place himself). So, the police were not called about the decision of the Board to keep the pool open for only one of the two traditional weekends after the formal closing on Labor Day. But none of the pool rats […]

As regular readers will remember, I was doing a review of the jets employed to haul my sorry butt up to Michigan, and what will certainly be The Last Party at Mary’s Place, at her magnificent home on Grand Traverse Bay. The kids are selling the place off- they both have places of their own […]

James Steven McFarland passed from this life 13 years ago. He started a remarkable career as a Yeoman, rising to Flag rank over the course of his distinguished career in the Navy and the Intelligence Community I first met RADM Jim McFarland in Hawaii, preparing for my first gig in my secondary (maybe it was […]

Airbus A310 from Reagan National (DCA) to Chicago O’Hare (ORD). Decent bulkhead window seat, 6F. Nice view on a lovely sunny day without turbluence. Slight unease, since I don’t trust Airbus designers or their philosophy of flight control. Nice touch: the bulkhead does not go to the floor, and I could slide my pack- I […]