Standing on the stage area of the short-lived Beneath It All Cafe, where the Violent Femmes first performed together in 1981, I quipped to founding drummer Victor DeLorenzo that it felt a bit like being in the Cream City s own Cavern Club.
got some preliminary information yesterday from the likes of john brennan. he s the homeland security adviser here at the white house. janet napolitano, as well. she, of course, is the secretary of homeland security. there are two reviews under way, as you point out, chris. one on the intelligence, this failure to connect the dots after this young man s father approached american officials at the embassy in legos, nigeria, warning them that his son was becoming radicalized. after fragments of information was collected over the summer by the national intelligence agency. all of this information that came to light and those dots were not connected. and also you mentioned that second review about airport security in places like amsterdam, in europe and on flights that are bound for the united states, chris. there s also, mike, as you know, a new snag in the confirmation process of president obama s nominee too head the tsa, erroll southers, what can you tell us about that? r