Recent Email Exchange

Having read that the legendary CIA man Larry Devlin disobeyed direct orders to kill Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba and instead, after Lumumba died of other causes, threw the tube of poisoned toothpaste meant to do the job in the river, John Austin wrote, his neuropathic hands fluttering on the keys:

commendjable decdisomn on debvlkin's part. but followimnhg lumumnba's derath, doid jhe habve to toss thie posion ttokhpaste in the ribver? pronbaluy wipred out quiyte a few xcongolese dowin ribver. jiohn

To which retired CIA man Brad Handley responded:

john,
you have way too much free time
brad

To which John:

asctually, brad, i am keiopt quite busuy truyimnjg to decifde each day whuikch wiondow i wuill stare blankly out of amnd drool behimnd. jiohn

To which Brad:

laughing. i have a buddy who says he can make a whole days task out of doing a load of laundry