Joshua Slocum Quotes
They made a shrewd guess that I could give them some useful information, and they were the first to meet me. Some one said they came to arrest me, and - well, let it go at that.
Slocum, Joshua. Sailing Alone Around the World. The Century Company, 1900, p. 177.
Clarke and most of the others were convinced that it was Al Quaeda. Clark recommended a retaliation on the Al Quaeda facilities in Afghanistan. However, the weak FBI director had not then yet figured out what military intelligence, and the other National Security operatives already knew. Tenant and his CIA was then an enfeebled organization with which the FBI would not even share intelligence with. Tenant whose record of being wrong hit its acme on Iraq and WMD’s was unwilling to make a judgment. President Clinton was unwilling to make the independent judgment and launch a military attack unless the CIA and FBI would confirm the culprit as he was being accused of using a “wag the dog” scenario.
The George W. Bush administration had issued a memorandum to key Federal Agencies stating that certain types of torture were legal—a finding that was quickly repudiated after Bush and VP Cheney—who was a leading force for allowing torture of terrorism suspects—were out of office. But Bush had told the American People and the World that the United States will not torture any prisoners. The dilemma was “solved” when someone came up with this euphemism.
Joshua Slocum was the first person to sail single-handedly around the world. He was a Nova Scotian-born, naturalised American seaman and adventurer, and a noted writer. In 1900 he wrote a book about his journey, Sailing Alone Around the World, which became an international best-seller. He disappeared in November 1909 while aboard his boat, the Spray.
