I Feel Safe, Don't You?

So, during my morning romp through the news wires (and actually, I heard about this on the news last night), a headline caught my eye: "CIA Worker Moonlighting as Serial Burglar."  The guy is being charged for 17 burglaries between October and last month in McLean, VA.  For those of you not in DC, the CIA HQ is just across the Potomac River from DC in Langley, VA, tucked away in a wooded area.  McLean is adjacent to the CIA.

Now, granted, the guy's an administrative worker and not a clandestine agent, but still, he works for the CIA.  First, one has to ask, does the pay suck that bad that employees are taking to stealing?  And second, aren't these the guys that are charged with gathering intelligence to keep us safe (theorhetically)?  How can they do that if they're busy stealing our TVs? 

*Sigh*

In other DC headlines:

-DC Mayor-For-Life and now Ward 8 Councilman Marion Barry is in court today facing sentencing for failing to pay his DC and Federal Income taxes.  Part of the hoopla surrounding today's appearance in court is that Barry (once again) failed a drug test last October testing positive for cocaine.  Only in DC.  Pray that the man never runs for Mayor again.  People in this city are just stupid enough to re-elect him.

-The DC City Council passed a stadium funding compromise bill late last night.  Assuming Major League Baseball approves the deal, groundbreaking on the stadium will happen sometime this spring.  So, the Washington Nationals might have a new permanent home.  Oh.  goodie.  Honestly, I could care less.  I'm a Chicago Cubs fan and we already have Wrigley Field, old as it may be.   It's one of those "eh, whatever" moments.  I think a new stadium would fuel the economic re-development that continues in DC and help move the renaissance the city is experiencing forward.  Of course, as that continues, it gets more and more impossible for me to even think about buying a house.  But oh well.

And that's all the news that's fit to blog.  Aren't ya glad I remembered that I still had a blog? :)

Comments

[Bronwyn]

I'm glad you remembered you had a blog. :) Maybe that guy thought he had the perfect cover--who would think a burglar would work at the CIA? Crazy.