] Intelligence shortcomings, as we see, have a thousand
] fathers; secret intelligence triumphs are orphans. Here
] is the unremarked story of "the Farewell dossier": how a
] C.I.A. campaign of computer sabotage resulting in a huge
] explosion in Siberia -- all engineered by a
] mild-mannered economist named Gus Weiss -- helped us
] win the cold war.

i hope safire's not trying to insinuate that we should all lay off the prez and intelligence community for screwing up iraq, but this is a pretty interesting story. i'm glad the pipeline didn't blow up near anything populated... 3 kilotons worth of a natural gas explosion? damn.

Op-Ed Columnist: The Farewell Dossier