June 23, 2006

I Protest, Therefore I Am

If you want to hear a former senior CIA analyst recite hauntingly beautiful, poignant German poetry, in German (with running translation), from memory, to better picture a point about our descent into authoritarianism, then you won't hear it here because the digital recorder stopped recording—operator error—ten minutes before the end of our conversation, going unnoticed until later. Oh well. It was very kind of Ray McGovern to come back to EP, I highly value his subtle, nuanced analysis and his great humanity, and I apologize sincerely to everyone for the aforementioned loss. Nonetheless, the conversation is eminently listenable as is, with a total podcast runtime of forty nine minutes. Enjoy!