not coming to a paper near you

Here’s a story that has flown under my radar, and, it seems, just about everybody else’s, too (with one notable exception)—which is amazing, because it has everything. Everything, that is, we’ve come to expect from the agents of catastrophe, cronyism, and corruption affectionately known as the Bush Administration.

In a time when dirty bombs and mushroom clouds are all the rage. . .

In a place where terrorism has already left still-visible scars. . .

One small agency huddles above a Latin music club, waiting. . .

watching. . .

wondering. . . .