08-09-2011, 12:53 AM
Hi Dawn,
Yes, J was a very good man, indeed. I remember our first encounter. It was in 2000. I was seated at the bar in the Adolphous Hotel (if memory serves) in Dallas, as I had just spoken at the NID conference the day before on the Intelligence Community Connections Panel with one other presenter, Larry Hancock.
J sat next to me. When the bartender approached and asked J, "What'll you have?" J said, "Whatever he's having." -- gesturing toward my beer. The bartender left and J casually reached into his breast pocket and produced his retired DPD badge--all shiny and stuff--and somewhat dramatically flipped it open and laid it (badge showing fully) on the counter between us.
J said, "a friend of yours told me I should talk to you."
At this point, I actually became concerned as to who this person was and what were his intentions. Undaunted, I removed my badge from my breast pocket and placed it over the top of his (badge side up...all shiny and stuff, too) but remained silent. Then he said, "Fletcher Prouty says hello" as he smiled broadly with a wink and a glint in his eye. And that was the beginning of a very fulfilling friendship.
I miss him, too.
Yes, J was a very good man, indeed. I remember our first encounter. It was in 2000. I was seated at the bar in the Adolphous Hotel (if memory serves) in Dallas, as I had just spoken at the NID conference the day before on the Intelligence Community Connections Panel with one other presenter, Larry Hancock.
J sat next to me. When the bartender approached and asked J, "What'll you have?" J said, "Whatever he's having." -- gesturing toward my beer. The bartender left and J casually reached into his breast pocket and produced his retired DPD badge--all shiny and stuff--and somewhat dramatically flipped it open and laid it (badge showing fully) on the counter between us.
J said, "a friend of yours told me I should talk to you."
At this point, I actually became concerned as to who this person was and what were his intentions. Undaunted, I removed my badge from my breast pocket and placed it over the top of his (badge side up...all shiny and stuff, too) but remained silent. Then he said, "Fletcher Prouty says hello" as he smiled broadly with a wink and a glint in his eye. And that was the beginning of a very fulfilling friendship.
I miss him, too.
GO_SECURE
monk
"It is difficult to abolish prejudice in those bereft of ideas. The more hatred is superficial, the more it runs deep."
James Hepburn -- Farewell America (1968)
monk
"It is difficult to abolish prejudice in those bereft of ideas. The more hatred is superficial, the more it runs deep."
James Hepburn -- Farewell America (1968)