A Bogus New 9-11

[David Casseres]

On 8/16/06, Carvill John <johncarvill at hotmail.com> wrote:
> ...
> Murray himself could maybe pass for a character out of a scene from V. - the
> former Ambassador to Uzbekistan, centre of a controversy involving political
> intrigue, imperialism, etc. who found his career
> inploding, and suffred a possible poisoning attack, when he chose to make
> waves. His former employers have been a pains to paint him not as a
> principled whistleblower, but an alcoholic, compulsively womanising crank.

In a John LeCarré novel (surely the most appropriate authority), he
would in fact turn out to be an alcoholic, compulsively womanising
crank -- and 100% right.