July 6, 2006
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What Song the Sirens Sang
“Wake you up in the
middle of the night
just to hear them say…”“Suitcases filled with cash had changed hands in the four-star Hotel Hassler in Rome.”
– F. Mark Wyatt, recently deceased
career CIA officer,
quoted in this morning’s
New York TimesThe New York Times, with its usual lack of clarity about dates,
says Wyatt died “on Thursday.” Presumably this was Thursday a
week ago– June 29, 2006, the Feast of Saint Peter.Related material:Welcome to the Hotel Hassler
(3/23/06) and
Bright Star.
