Skinning the King

Skinning the cat, elegantly, is a point of view or point of entry to the problem. Once taken, elegant ways are more apparent. Like the old story about the king and the invisible clothes. Old but good. That is why it got so old. Ray McGovern tells it again here

Maybe a good story is so good because each time it is told there is new meaning or depth in the message. Therefore it never gets old? Or gets old only to those that can't see it with new eyes? I look forward to seeing the greater depth of this old story. Perhaps president Obama will be the one to show me by how he skins cats.

It was a truly elegant way to skin the king. It skinned him by inducing him to believe that he had something over his skin when he in fact did not. He knew that he did not, but had to agree that he did because only a fool would say he did not.

He jumped out of something that he did not even have on.

Elegant.

Why are people butchered to accomplish intent? Using a rusty dull knife or a laser guided missile lacks imagination. Even the Federal Reserve Bank is a better example of how it should be done. Why is the butcher or torturer always the cliche of a hulking brute? The image of ignorance. All muscle, no mind.

Ray McGovern is what intelligence is all about. Frank Grevil is what intelligence is all about. I salute Frank and the prior recipient, Katherine Gun and all their associates that recognized them with the Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence (SAAII) Award. They also honored Ray McGovern who presented the award so eloquently.

Eloquence is skinning the cat with words.