“The golden age of intelligence is before us” The author of The Coming Anarchy, Robert Kaplan (whom I heard on an NPR talkshow this week making intelligent but polemical comments in reference to the famous Samuel Huntington thesis about the clash of civilizations we’re in for) ‘says fighting terrorism will require new rules for spying, but he predicts that fighting an “almost comic book evil” will lead to a revival.’ Salon
