As usual, look to Ethel for further enlightenment. Among much, the following:

links decrying the theory that a failure of “humint” (human intelligence) is to blame

reports of warnings ignored

HL Mencken on the value of peaceful dissent and the peril of suppressing it

protest from the right about civil liberties implications of antiterrorist crackdown

extraordinary claim, via Counterpunch, that the supposed footage of Palestinians rejoicing in the streets which has further inflamed American sentiments after Tuesday’s attacks are, in fact, from 1991 events

cynical reaction to the Sierra Club’s duck-and-cover response

Other places that have consistently challenged and deepened this week: Random Walks and wood s lot.