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To: smolejv@gmx.net who wrote (9275)	9/15/2001 12:56:11 AM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 74559

And the sharks, dear, have their teeth, dear, . . .

To: smolejv@gmx.net who wrote (9275)	9/15/2001 10:48:53 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74559

Good morning, DJ - it's early evening where you are and night for Jay - last night when we were talking it was morning for you mid-day for Jay - our biorhythms are never in sync - anyway it's a glorious day. Rained yesterday so the air is clear, but a little front came through behind the rain so it's cool. And the clouds kept going, so it's clear. We were planning on going to a Greek festival at the Church of St. Constantine and Helen in D.C., but it's been postponed. I was also planning to go to Philadelphia this weekend for an Economic History Association meeting, but that's postponed, too. Last weekend we worked around the house, so we are supposed to do something fun this weekend. The boys want to go to the annual Renaissance Faire in Maryland, which has not been cancelled, so we'll do that. Yesterday Congress invoked the War Powers Act, unanimous in the Senate, 420-1 in the House. Ben told me last night that when he goes to college, he wants to join ROTC in the intelligence division. Both boys have expressed an interest in joining the CIA or the NSA. I've told them that's a wonderful idea, and if they want to do that, they can't ever use drugs or break any laws, and they promise that they won't. We used to live next door to a man who worked in intelligence for the CIA. His area was somewhere in Africa, and he described his work as mostly reading newspapers. Even after he retired, he seemed to get called in frequently. He's one of those house proud guys, immaculate lawn, always doing home improvements. Unfortunately one of our cats used to use his tomato bed for a litterbox, but other than that we were good neighbors. The guy across the street at the old place was head of security for the Commerce Department. His job was to make sure nobody leaked information on the days data is released. He never told me what he did for a living, I found out when the FBI interviewed me before he got promoted. I was glad to say nice things about him. One of the lawyers is in the reserves, and was activated for Bosnia, so won't be deployed to whatever "this" is. I knew some members of Congress and some judges when they were just ordinary lawyers that I had cases with. I don't know my new neighbors here as well as at the old house, but I expect that in the mix, there are some like that. So to me, government, war, intelligence operations, are all things that my friends and my neighbors do. I know how ordinary they are, and how well-meaning they are. Their stomachs are full already. There doesn't seem to be any feeling of moral dilemma. It's just another day, and they have a job to do. A lot of them are working over the weekend, and some of them are going fishing.